DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with heart
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 3/16 × 1 1/2 × 9/16 in. (5.5 × 3.8 × 1.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.9
Object numberA.2014.26.9
DescriptionTablet with heart in center. Two short horizontal lines, one above the other, in center of heart. A complex, linear, angular abstract design is around the heart on all sides. It is especially complex to the left and below the heart.