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 × 3/8 in. (5.3 × 4 × 1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.129

Object numberA.2014.26.129

DescriptionTablet with crucified figure left of center but no cross. Corona around head formed by six short lines. Arm on left cut off by edge of tablet. Arm on right placed higher on figure than arm on left. Leg on left curves slightly away from leg on right. Pair of vases flank figure. Five flowers above vase on left. Ten flowers on right side of tablet. Horizontal line extends across bottom of tablet.