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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 7/8 × 1 5/8 × 9/16 in. (4.7 × 4.1 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.137
Object numberA.2014.26.137
DescriptionTablet with crucifix filling center. Cross and figure protrude. Arms of figure appear to reach into crossbar. Four lines attached to head form corona. Two plants flank figure at base. Plant on left has complex arrangement of leaves. Plant on right has horizontal branches extending from main stem and four-petaled flower at top. More botanical shapes in upper corner of tablet.