DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet mold

NameMold

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeTlacolula and Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumClay

Dimensions2 3/16 × 1 7/8 × 5/8 in. (5.5 × 4.8 × 1.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.165

Object numberA.2014.26.165

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionWhite fired clay mold. Figure of San Antonio in center holds figure of infant Jesus on proper left side. Child's round head rests against Saint's triangular head. Vertical pleats in Saint's robe. Tiny checked pattern inside mold appears to be the impression from a piece of fabric used in the process of making the mold. Two deep circular indentations are at the base of the figure.