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Sacred clay tablet with crucifix surrounded by many small flowers
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix surrounded by many small flowers
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix surrounded by many small flowers
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with crucifix surrounded by many small flowers

NameTablet
Artist Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/8 × 1 5/8 × 1/2 in. (5.4 × 4.2 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.88
Object numberA.2014.26.88
DescriptionTablet with crucifix surrounded by many small flowers. Row of small flowers on angle below each side of figure. More flowers above outstretched arms of figure. No cross is visible behind figure. Corona above figure made up of row of angled short lines. Upper left corner of tablet is distorted.