DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with image of numerals 2 and 3

NameTablet

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America

MediumClay

Dimensions2 1/8 × 1 9/16 × 1/2 in. (5.4 × 3.9 × 1.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.36

Object numberA.2014.26.36

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionTablet with large image of numeral "2" and "3" at center. Pair of straight lines angle slightly upwards from left and right edges of tablet. Lines meet at center and form an apparent roof above the numerals. At the bottom of the tablet, a horizontal line is directly below the numerals.