DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with crucifix

NameTablet

Artist Artist unrecorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America

MediumClay

Dimensions1 11/16 × 1 1/2 × 7/16 in. (4.3 × 3.8 × 1.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.87

Object numberA.2014.26.87

DescriptionTablet with small, thick crucifix. Pair of bow-tie shaped flowers at bottom. Two pairs of opposing petals on each flower. The image of a chain is faintly visible along the edge of the tablet above the flower on the left. Crucifix is placed toward the left side of the tablet, which is spotted with red food dye representing Christ's blood.