DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with ornate cross
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/16 × 1 5/8 × 7/16 in. (5.3 × 4.1 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.48
Object numberA.2014.26.48
DescriptionTablet with ornate cross in upper center. Cross has protruding half-sphere in center surrounded by circle of very small beads. Two small flowers are on the upper left of cross. A sideways square shape is below left of cross. Medallion shape below right crossbar. Elongated rosary and row of four small flowers at base of cross.
