DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet mold

NameMold

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America

MediumWood

Dimensions9 1/16 × 1 3/4 × 13/16 in. (23 × 4.5 × 2.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.148

Object numberA.2014.26.148

DescriptionVertical wood mold carved in three sections. Top section depicts cross on rectangular base. Small cross on left side of larger cross, plant shape on right side. Middle section depicts cathedral with cross above entrance and pair of towers flanking main structure. Bottom section depicts pineapple with a diamond pattern on the body and long sharp leaves on top.