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Sacred clay tablet with linear geometric design depicting a cross contained inside an upright rectangle
Sacred clay tablet with linear geometric design depicting a cross contained inside an upright rectangle
Sacred clay tablet with linear geometric design depicting a cross contained inside an upright rectangle
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with linear geometric design depicting a cross contained inside an upright rectangle

NameTablet
Artist Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 15/16 × 1 9/16 × 3/8 in. (5 × 4 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.98
Object numberA.2014.26.98
DescriptionTablet with a linear geometric design in the center depicting a cross contained inside an upright rectangle. Lines connect the cross to the edges and corners of the rectangle. More lines connect the rectangle to the edges and corners of the tablet.