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Sacred clay tablet with crucifix under arch of many small flowers
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix under arch of many small flowers
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix under arch of many small flowers
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with crucifix under arch of many small flowers

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 × 1 13/16 × 9/16 in. (5.1 × 4.6 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.64
Object numberA.2014.26.64
DescriptionTablet with crucifix in center under arch formed by many small flowers. Single row of flowers at base of tablet. Triple row of flowers to left of cross, double row to right. Arch above cross formed by continuing these rows up and over top of cross.