DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with Virgin

NameTablet

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeTlacolula, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumClay

Dimensions3 1/16 × 2 3/16 × 9/16 in. (7.7 × 5.5 × 1.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.155

Object numberA.2014.26.155

DescriptionTablet with Virgin in center. Many lines representing rays surround figure. Hooded cloak arches over top of head. Hands clasped in prayer. Edges of cloak angle down to pair of short, thick lines extruding from bottom of gown and extending upwards. Figure stands on long thin crescent. Small circular shape in center of crescent centered below figure.