DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with pentagonal shape containing monstrance
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 5/16 × 1 9/16 × 1/2 in. (5.8 × 4 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.24
Object numberA.2014.26.24
DescriptionTablet with raised, elongated pentangonal shape in center, containing monstrance surrounded by rays. Two tall plants (lilies) flank base of monstrance. Rays around entire raised sections of tablet. Larger rays at top of tablet.Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985