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Sacred clay tablet with abstract design
Sacred clay tablet with abstract design
Sacred clay tablet with abstract design
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with abstract design

NameTablet
Artist Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 1/2 × 3/8 in. (4.7 × 3.8 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.138
Object numberA.2014.26.138
DescriptionTablet with abstract design. On the left side, an elongated upright oval shape has pointed ends. Dot in center. Short straight line extends down into square shape. On right side of tablet, distorted rectangle is divided into four sections. Small rectangle in lower right corner of tablet. Pair of dots at top right of tablet.