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Sacred clay tablet mold
Sacred clay tablet mold
Sacred clay tablet mold
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet mold

NameMold
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeTlacolula and Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumClay
Dimensions3 11/16 × 2 3/8 × 13/16 in. (9.3 × 6.1 × 2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.166
Object numberA.2014.26.166
DescriptionCross-shaped, red-brown fired clay mold. Crucified figure in center. Upper section of vertical bar of cross and top of crossbar faintly visible above figure. Rounded shapes at ends of arms represent hands. Elongated teardrop shape attached to waist represents section of loincloth. Deep groove defines proper left leg. Hole of same depth represents feet.