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Sacred clay tablet with ornate cross
Sacred clay tablet with ornate cross
Sacred clay tablet with ornate cross
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with ornate cross

NameTablet
Artist Artist unrecorded
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.