DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
NameTablet
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeTlacolula, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 15/16 × 1 15/16 × 11/16 in. (7.4 × 5 × 1.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.161
Object numberA.2014.26.161
DescriptionTablet with crucifix in center. Head of figure droops to left. Figure is large and hands and feet touch edges of tablet. Ribcage is prominent, but arm on left is flattened. Crossbar and top of shaft faintly discernible above figure. Two pairs of multi-petaled flowers flank top of shaft. Two pairs of multi-petaled flowers flank figure below but top flower on right side is very faint.
