DepartmentLatin America
Basket with sacred clay tablets
NameBasket with tablets
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumPlant fiber, stain, cellophane, clay, string
Dimensions3 3/8 × 4 7/16 × 3 9/16 in. (8.5 × 11.3 × 9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.146
Object numberA.2014.26.146
DescriptionBasket and handle woven using colored strips of plant material that has been stained pink, green, and yellow. Several clay tablets in basket with red cellophane over top, tied in place with string.
mid 20th century
