DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with abstract, geometrical figure of Virgin

NameTablet

Artist Artist unrecorded

Dateca. 1985

(not assigned)Tlacolula, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumClay

Dimensions2 7/8 × 2 5/16 × 5/8 in. (7.3 × 5.9 × 1.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.158

Object numberA.2014.26.158

DescriptionTablet with abstract, geometrical figure of Virgin represented by vertical diamond shape. Small oval enclosed in top of diamond represents head. Hood above head, corona above hood. Pair of right triangles, each composed of short rows of small flowers, in center of gown. Facing pair of elablorate S-shapes at bottom of gown.