DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with floral cross
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 7/16 in. (6.3 × 4.5 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.22
Object numberA.2014.26.22
DescriptionTablet with floral cross in center. Three large flowers form vertical shaft of cross. Two large flowers form ends of crossbar. Botanical shapes at sides of base and top of cross resemble grain seedheads.
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985