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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 unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 15/16 × 1 5/8 × 1/2 in. (4.9 × 4.1 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.130
Object numberA.2014.26.130
DescriptionTablet with crucifix leaning right in center. Crossbar and top of shaft faintly visible above figure. Plant curves up from base of tablet on left. Numerous small flowers below figure on both sides. One flower in upper right corner of tablet, two on upper left.