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Sacred clay tablet with inverted teardrop shape
Sacred clay tablet with inverted teardrop shape
Sacred clay tablet with inverted teardrop shape
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with inverted teardrop shape

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions3 5/8 × 1 5/8 × 3/8 in. (9.2 × 4.1 × 0.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.27
Object numberA.2014.26.27
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DescriptionTablet with inverted teardrop-shape in center. Zig-zag line inside. Two curving lines extend out from topoif shape. The base rests on the bottom of an upward-curving crescent. Four legs reach down from bottom of crescent.
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