DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with geometric representation of a plant

NameTablet

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America

MediumClay

Dimensions2 7/16 × 1 3/4 × 1/2 in. (6.2 × 4.5 × 1.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.59

Object numberA.2014.26.59

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionTablet with geometric representation of a plant. Squared-off stalk leans from lower left to upper right corner of tablet. Pair of opposing triangular leaves near base of tablet. Two pairs of narrow, squared-off, sylized leaves further up stalk extend to top and right edges of tablet. Narrow horizontal line with small hole in center along base of tablet increases in width on right side.