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Sacred clay tablet with design perhaps representing a pair of plants in a container
Sacred clay tablet with design perhaps representing a pair of plants in a container
Sacred clay tablet with design perhaps representing a pair of plants in a container
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with design perhaps representing a pair of plants in a container

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 15/16 × 1 7/16 × 3/8 in. (5 × 3.6 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.57
Object numberA.2014.26.57
DescriptionTablet with design in center perhaps representing a pair of plants in a container. Two tall stalks with short, narrow leaves attached rise from a four-sided shape with two vertical lines inside. Upward curving line crosses top of design.