DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with crucified figure but no cross
NameTablet
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/2 × 1 5/8 × 3/8 in. (6.3 × 4.1 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.127
Object numberA.2014.26.127
DescriptionTablet with crucified figure, but no cross, left of center. Torso and legs of figure fused into linear shape thickening downward from head. The arms extend out from low on the sides of the head, which is beneath a corona formed by five lines. Two tall curving plants flank figure. Taller plant on right has double stem.
