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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 15/16 × 1 11/16 × 1/2 in. (4.9 × 4.3 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.133
Object numberA.2014.26.133
Collections
DescriptionTablet with crucifix in center. Cross has elongated shaft. Two tall plants (lilies) flank cross. Each plant has a multi-petaled flower at top. More multi-petaled flowers of different sizes around and above cross. Four, faint, short lines form corona above head of small figure.
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