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Sacred clay tablet with geometric shapes
Sacred clay tablet with geometric shapes
Sacred clay tablet with geometric shapes
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with geometric shapes

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 × 1 1/2 × 7/16 in. (5.1 × 3.8 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.61
Object numberA.2014.26.61
DescriptionTablet with geometric shapes in center. Thick wedge shape points right from upper left edge of tablet. Arrow shape extends up along right edge. Horizontal line at base of arrow extends leftwards. Reverse letters Y and E (bottom bar of E cut off by bottom of tablet) at base of tablet.