DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with monstrance

NameTablet

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America

MediumClay

Dimensions2 3/16 × 1 11/16 × 7/16 in. (5.6 × 4.3 × 1.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.49

Object numberA.2014.26.49

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionTablet with monstrance in center. Cross in circle at top of monstrance, which is surrounded by rays. Plant at right of base of monstrance. Three parallel lines to left of base of monstrance angle up towards center of left edge of tablet. Between the lines are two rows of three small flowers.