DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with linear architectural design
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 5/8 × 1 9/16 × 7/16 in. (4.1 × 3.9 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.70
Object numberA.2014.26.70
DescriptionTablet with linear architectural design in center. Steeply pitched roof overhangs two pairs of parallel vertical lines resembling posts or pillars which support roof at opposite ends of a simple structure. Small figure with outstretched arm stands under overhang of roof on left. Single vertical line on right side of façade. Design is distorted on right side.
