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Sacred clay tablet with linear design
Sacred clay tablet with linear design
Sacred clay tablet with linear design
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with linear design

NameTablet
Artist Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/16 × 1 9/16 × 1/2 in. (5.2 × 4 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.124
Object numberA.2014.26.124
DescriptionTablet with linear design in upper center. Irregular vase-shaped image with long, wide neck and bulbous bottom abuts top edge of tablet. Neck flares out at top. Letter "S" faintly visible to left of neck, letter "D" to right.