DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with small crucifix in center

NameTablet

Artist Artist unrecorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America

MediumClay

Dimensions2 3/8 × 1 7/8 × 3/8 in. (6 × 4.8 × 0.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.93

Object numberA.2014.26.93

DescriptionTablet with small crucifix in center. Clay at top of cross protrudes slightly. Two tall plants (lilies) extend up from horizontal line at base of cross. Plant on left of cross has many short leaves alternating on both sides of stem. Plant on right of cross has leaves only on outside of stem.