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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 5/16 × 1 9/16 × 9/16 in. (5.8 × 4 × 1.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.107
Object numberA.2014.26.107
DescriptionTablet with crucifix in center. Pair of arrow shapes point upwards on both sides of cross, which has T shape. Arms and legs of figure are shortened. Corona formed by four thick, short lines curves above head.