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Sacred clay tablet with hollow four-pointed star leaning to left in center
Sacred clay tablet with hollow four-pointed star leaning to left in center
Sacred clay tablet with hollow four-pointed star leaning to left in center
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with hollow four-pointed star leaning to left in center

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 15/16 × 1 5/8 × 1/2 in. (5 × 4.2 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.103
Object numberA.2014.26.103
DescriptionTablet with hollow four-pointed star leaning to left in center. Four arms of star are irregular in shape. In the middle of the star-shape there is a rectangular indentation in the surface of the tablet. Bottom edge of indentation is rough and distorted.