DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet mold
NameMold
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 7/8 × 2 9/16 × 1/2 in. (7.3 × 6.5 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.151
Object numberA.2014.26.151
DescriptionFired grey clay mold with crucifix in center. No cross. Four short lines above head of figure form corona. Body of figure depicted as single, thick, slightly curving line. Pair of tall plants (lilies) with multiple opposite leaves topped by flowers with many petals. Two more flowers with many petals above figure on left and right.
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
