DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with linear design depicting architectural forms
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 15/16 × 1 1/2 × 3/8 in. (5 × 3.8 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.68
Object numberA.2014.26.68
DescriptionTablet with linear design in center depicting architectural forms. A gently angled roof extends from both sides of tablet toward an apex above a window represented by a solid rectangle. Edges of roof rest on the ends of a row of three hollow rectangles supported by a pair of shapes that resemble pillars. A solid rectangle is centered between the tops of the pillars and another is between the bases of the pillars.
Artist Not Recorded
