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Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with crucifix

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 × 1 1/2 × 1/2 in. (5.1 × 3.8 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.46
Object numberA.2014.26.46
DescriptionTablet with crucifix in center. Cross distinctly protrudes above background which consists of many small flowers. Figure on cross is faint. Flowers form double row along right edge of tablet and along left edge, below crossbar.