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Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with crucifix

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions1 13/16 × 1 3/8 × 9/16 in. (4.6 × 3.5 × 1.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.132
Object numberA.2014.26.132
DescriptionTablet with crucifix in center. Cross is large, figure is small. Diagonal line extends down towards cross from upper left corner of tablet. Two vertical lines extend down from top edge of tablet towards top of cross. Diagonal line from lower left corner of tablet extends up toward cross. Several more lines and marks around cross. Row of very short lines along left edge of tablet.