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Sacred clay tablet with two hearts
Sacred clay tablet with two hearts
Sacred clay tablet with two hearts
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with two hearts

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 7/16 × 1/2 in. (4.8 × 3.6 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.28
Object numberA.2014.26.28
DescriptionTablet with solid heart in center of bottom section with outline of second heart surrounding it. Arrow extending from top of second heart to long, curved line at top of tablet. Vine-like botanical shapes climbing up between sides of second heart and edges of tablet.