DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with small crucified figure but no cross
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 9/16 × 9/16 in. (4.8 × 3.9 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.111
Object numberA.2014.26.111
DescriptionTablet with small crucified figure but no cross, surrounded by large and small flowers. Figure has corona formed by four short lines. Two large flowers with multiple petals flank figure. Row of four small flowers below base of figure. Many small flowers in top section of tablet.Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985