DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with abstract linear design
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 1/2 × 7/16 in. (4.8 × 3.8 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.143
Object numberA.2014.26.143
DescriptionTablet with abstract linear design. At base of tablet, a short chevron points up at two facing upright zig-zags which form an upright diamond where they intersect in upper section of tablet. Three short chevron shapes extend from left side of diamond towards left edge of tablet. On the right side of the diamond, two more chevrons extend towards right edge of tablet.
