DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with floral arch enclosing cross in center

NameTablet

Artist Artist unrecorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America

MediumClay

Dimensions2 5/16 × 1 3/4 × 3/8 in. (5.9 × 4.4 × 0.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.20

Object numberA.2014.26.20

DescriptionTablet with floral arch enclosing cross in center. Small, indistinct flowers curve up around base of cross to pair of large flowers on opposite sides of cross. Double rows of small flowers continue up along sides of cross to upper section where six large flowers and several small flowers form top of arch.