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Sacred clay tablet with monstrance
Sacred clay tablet with monstrance
Sacred clay tablet with monstrance
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with monstrance

NameTablet
Artist Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/16 × 1 9/16 × 7/16 in. (5.3 × 4 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.25
Object numberA.2014.26.25
DescriptionTablet with monstrance in center. Top of monstrance surrounded by rays. Large six-petaled flower below monstrance on left. Another flower less well-defined to right. Circle of small flowers around rays surrounding monstrance.