DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet holding two large tablets both showing a crucifix

NameTablet

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America

MediumClay

Dimensions6 5/16 × 3 3/8 × 1 in. (16 × 8.5 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.145

Object numberA.2014.26.145

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionTall, thick, heavy piece of white clay holding two large tablets, one above the other. Both have a crucifix in the center and a horizontal bar above the figure. Small corona above the head of the lower figure, with a ladder lying below and to the right. Two tall plants (lilies) with small bases flank upper figure. More abstract plants, with leaves pointing outward, flank lower figure.