DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet mold

NameMold

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America

MediumClay

Dimensions2 15/16 × 2 7/8 × 7/16 in. (7.5 × 7.3 × 1.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.154

Object numberA.2014.26.154

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionFired grey clay mold with Virgin in center. Mold is in shape of elongated pentagon with rounded corners. Figure stands under elaborate arch supported by fluted columns. Figure is shown with hands clasped in prayer. Gown has several pleats or folds which are gathered on left.