DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 3/16 × 1 13/16 × 11/16 in. (5.6 × 4.6 × 1.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.115
Object numberA.2014.26.115
DescriptionTablet with crucifix in center. Plant stalks with long, outward pointing leaves extend up next to figure and curve under arms, which lean left. Four small dots above head form corona. Short lines angle downward along sides and top of tablet.
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985