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 5/8 × 1/2 in. (5.1 × 4.2 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.131
Object numberA.2014.26.131
DescriptionTablet with crucified figure but no cross. Five short lines form corona above head of figure. Two small flowers above figure on left, one on right. Plant curves up from lower left corner of tablet, branching once beside legs of figure. Flowers are above both main stalk and branch. Another plant with flowers to right of figure. Pair of flowers at base of tablet.
