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Sacred clay tablet with large cross in center
Sacred clay tablet with large cross in center
Sacred clay tablet with large cross in center
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with large cross in center

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 9/16 × 1/2 in. (4.8 × 4 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.19
Object numberA.2014.26.19
DescriptionTablet with large cross in center. Thick shaft and crossbar. Solid diagonal shapes at intersections of shaft and crossbar. Linear extentions at both ends of crossbar, also on both sides of base of shaft.