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Sacred clay tablet with cross
Sacred clay tablet with cross
Sacred clay tablet with cross
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with cross

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/8 × 1 11/16 × 1/2 in. (5.4 × 4.3 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.16
Object numberA.2014.26.16
DescriptionTablet with cross in center under floral? arch that extends up sides and along top of tablet. Two standing figures, Mary and John the Evangelist, at base of cross.