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Sacred clay tablet with abstract image
Sacred clay tablet with abstract image
Sacred clay tablet with abstract image
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with abstract image

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 3/16 × 1 1/2 × 1/2 in. (5.6 × 3.8 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.120
Object numberA.2014.26.120
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DescriptionTablet with abstract image left of center. Three-lobed shape slightly resembles a cactus with a tall, thick trunk and two narrower arms extending out on opposite sides. Broad, tall central shaft comes to a blunt point arms on sides come to sharp points. Two small solid rectangles beside top of shaft. Image abuts left edge of tablet.
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