Cosmogram:
A cosmogram depicts a cosmology in a flat geometric form.[1] They are used for various purposes: meditational, inspirational and to depict structure — real or imagined — of the earth or universe. [Wikipedia]
Not quite what I expected, but that’s OK. Noted in “Magical Mesoamerican Relics,” Ilana Herzig, Archaeology (January/February 2024):
These types of figurines were typically produced from around 500 B.C. to A.D. 680 by the Mezcala people, who were based in an area that is now in the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero. In their most sacred space, the Aztecs made the objects their own by embellishing them with paint and placing them in the chest as offerings to their rain god Tlaloc. “Tenochtitlan was the center of the Mesoamerican world,” says López Luján. Objects were brought from all of the provinces of the empire, and even beyond its borders. “The Mezcala figurines were considered by the Aztecs magical relics from the past,” he says. “Many of these offerings are cosmograms, or representations in miniature of the universe as conceived by the Aztecs. The chest and its contents symbolized a mythic realm known as Tlalocan which was re-created by Templo Mayor, where the rain god kept water and sustenance.”
