DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with crucifix

NameTablet

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeTlacolula, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumClay

Dimensions2 15/16 × 1 15/16 × 11/16 in. (7.4 × 5 × 1.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.161

Object numberA.2014.26.161

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionTablet with crucifix in center. Head of figure droops to left. Figure is large and hands and feet touch edges of tablet. Ribcage is prominent, but arm on left is flattened. Crossbar and top of shaft faintly discernible above figure. Two pairs of multi-petaled flowers flank top of shaft. Two pairs of multi-petaled flowers flank figure below but top flower on right side is very faint.