DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with image of Jesus
NameTablet
Artist
Artist not recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 7/16 × 2 5/16 × 3/8 in. (6.2 × 5.8 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.1
Object numberA.2014.26.1
DescriptionTablet with medallion in center showing Jesus with hands raised. Head has halo. Sacred Heart on torso. Three clusters of flowers at top of tablet above medallion. Two clusters and one partial cluster at bottom.
Artist not recorded
ca. 1985
Late 18th centrury