DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with stick figure
NameTablet
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 15/16 × 1 7/16 × 1/2 in. (4.9 × 3.7 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.121
Object numberA.2014.26.121
DescriptionTablet with stick figure. Figure has large round head. Narrow torso above narrower waist. Two short legs open in walking position. Thick arm on right bends at elbow and holds wedge or bottle-shaped object. Oval shape extends down and left from lower left side of head with two elongated teardrop shapes spreading from end.
