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Sacred clay tablet with crucifix to right of center
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix to right of center
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix to right of center
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with crucifix to right of center

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 3/16 × 1 3/4 × 7/16 in. (5.6 × 4.5 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.96
Object numberA.2014.26.96
DescriptionTablet with crucifix to right of center. Tall plants extend up next to figure and curve out under arms where long, narrow leaves fan downwards. Two smaller plants outside bases of taller plants. Botanical shapes curve up above crossbars on both sides. Corona above head of figure.