DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with ornate cross
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/4 × 1 11/16 × 3/8 in. (5.7 × 4.3 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.50
Object numberA.2014.26.50
DescriptionTablet with ornate cross in center. Half-sphere protruding from cross is surrounded by a circle of beads. A very small cross-like shape is attached at the top of the ornate cross. This might be a clasp to fasten the cross to a chain. Double chain to right of cross, single chain to left.
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
José Aragón