DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet mold
NameMold
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 15/16 × 2 7/8 × 7/16 in. (7.5 × 7.3 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.154
Object numberA.2014.26.154
DescriptionFired grey clay mold with Virgin in center. Mold is in shape of elongated pentagon with rounded corners. Figure stands under elaborate arch supported by fluted columns. Figure is shown with hands clasped in prayer. Gown has several pleats or folds which are gathered on left.
