DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with image showing St. Christopher wading across a river carrying infant Jesus
NameTablet
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 × 1 5/8 × 7/16 in. (5.1 × 4.1 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.76
Object numberA.2014.26.76
DescriptionTablet with image showing Saint Christopher wading across a river carrying the infant Jesus on his shoulder. The water level comes to half-way up the saint's lower legs and he holds a staff. Infant has arms raised. The figures are on the left side of the tablet. An arch is faintly visible at the top of the tablet.
