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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 9/16 × 11/16 in. (5.1 × 4 × 1.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.109
Object numberA.2014.26.109
Collections
DescriptionTablet with large crucifix filling center. Figure has very short arms. Legs are cut off by bottom of tablet. Crossbar fills entire upper section of tablet. Two tall plants with flowers flank cross. Plant on left undercut by edge of tablet.
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