DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
NameTablet
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 × 1 1/2 × 9/16 in. (5.1 × 3.8 × 1.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.113
Object numberA.2014.26.113
DescriptionTablet with crucifix in center. Figure is headless. Crossbar abuts top of tablet. Pair of tall plants with multiple leaves flank figure. Stalk at right incomplete below flower. Stalk at left is complete but flower is pourly defined.
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1985
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1985