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Basket with sacred clay tablets
Basket with sacred clay tablets
Basket with sacred clay tablets
DepartmentLatin America

Basket with sacred clay tablets

NameBasket with tablets
Artist Artist not recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumPlant fiber, stain, cellophane, clay, string
Dimensions3 3/8 × 4 7/16 × 3 9/16 in. (8.5 × 11.3 × 9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.146
Object numberA.2014.26.146
Collections
DescriptionBasket and handle woven using colored strips of plant material that has been stained pink, green, and yellow. Several clay tablets in basket with red cellophane over top, tied in place with string.
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