DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with abstract design
NameTablet
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 × 1 11/16 × 1/2 in. (5.1 × 4.3 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.125
Object numberA.2014.26.125
DescriptionTablet with abstract design. Stacked sequence of three inverted linear chevrons span width of tablet at top. At bottom, point of lowest chevron rests on horizontal bow shape with an interior space divided evenly by four vertical lines. In the center of the top chevron a hollow square is turned sideways.
late 19th- early 20th century
Artist unrecorded
