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Sacred clay tablet with crucified figure but no cross
Sacred clay tablet with crucified figure but no cross
Sacred clay tablet with crucified figure but no cross
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with crucified figure but no cross

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/16 × 1 9/16 × 7/16 in. (5.2 × 3.9 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.128
Object numberA.2014.26.128
DescriptionTablet with crucified figure leaning left but no cross. Six short lines form corona above head of figure. Elongated torso bulges above short legs. Figure flanked by tall plants (lilies) curving outward with long, narrow leaves to the outsides of the stems and shorter leaves on the sides close to the figure. Plant on right has small flower at top.