DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet mold

NameMold

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeTlacolula and Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumClay

Dimensions3 11/16 × 2 3/8 × 13/16 in. (9.3 × 6.1 × 2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.166

Object numberA.2014.26.166

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionCross-shaped, red-brown fired clay mold. Crucified figure in center. Upper section of vertical bar of cross and top of crossbar faintly visible above figure. Rounded shapes at ends of arms represent hands. Elongated teardrop shape attached to waist represents section of loincloth. Deep groove defines proper left leg. Hole of same depth represents feet.