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 1/16 × 1 9/16 × 7/16 in. (5.2 × 3.9 × 1.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.128

Object numberA.2014.26.128

DescriptionTablet with crucified figure leaning left but no cross. Six short lines form corona above head of figure. Elongated torso bulges above short legs. Figure flanked by tall plants (lilies) curving outward with long, narrow leaves to the outsides of the stems and shorter leaves on the sides close to the figure. Plant on right has small flower at top.