DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with monstrance
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/16 × 1 9/16 × 7/16 in. (5.3 × 4 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.25
Object numberA.2014.26.25
DescriptionTablet with monstrance in center. Top of monstrance surrounded by rays. Large six-petaled flower below monstrance on left. Another flower less well-defined to right. Circle of small flowers around rays surrounding monstrance.