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Sacred clay tablet with linear geometric design around a cross
Sacred clay tablet with linear geometric design around a cross
Sacred clay tablet with linear geometric design around a cross
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with linear geometric design around a cross

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 × 1 7/16 × 7/16 in. (5.1 × 3.7 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.72
Object numberA.2014.26.72
DescriptionTablet with linear geometric design around a cross. A solid upright rectangle is placed in the middle of a hollow cross which is enclosed by a modular arrangement of nine empty squares.