DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet holding two large tablets both showing a crucifix
NameTablet
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions6 5/16 × 3 3/8 × 1 in. (16 × 8.5 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.145
Object numberA.2014.26.145
DescriptionTall, thick, heavy piece of white clay holding two large tablets, one above the other. Both have a crucifix in the center and a horizontal bar above the figure. Small corona above the head of the lower figure, with a ladder lying below and to the right. Two tall plants (lilies) with small bases flank upper figure. More abstract plants, with leaves pointing outward, flank lower figure.
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1985
