Skip to main content
Advanced Search
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
Dimensions1 15/16 × 1 3/4 × 11/16 in. (5 × 4.4 × 1.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.112
Object numberA.2014.26.112
Collections
DescriptionTablet with crucifix in center. Figure leans left and has elongated, curving torso and legs. Three short bars form corona. Pair of lines connect the ends of the crossbar to the top of the shaft. Two tall plants flank the figure. Scene is framed by a rectangle leaning left.
eMuseum
Copyright © eMuseum