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
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.Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985