DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
NameTablet
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeTlacolula, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 7/8 × 2 1/8 × 9/16 in. (7.3 × 5.4 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.159
Object numberA.2014.26.159
DescriptionTablet with crucifix in center. Hands and feet of large figure touch edges of tablet. Small section of crossbar faintly visible behind hand on left side of tablet. Obscure row of multi-petaled flowers visible above figure. Three more multi-petaled flowers to right, two side-by-side.
