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Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with crucifix

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/2 × 2 1/16 × 7/16 in. (6.3 × 5.2 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.106
Object numberA.2014.26.106
DescriptionTablet with crucifix in center. Two plants (lilies) with five-petaled flowers extend up next to figure on both sides. Head of figure leans left under curving corona formed by many short lines. Pair of clusters of short lines radiate outwards on both sides of shaft just above crossbar.
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Curing Set (Cuadrilla)
Darío Soteno Léon
1997
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Sacred clay tablet mold
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Sacred clay tablet mold
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985