DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with image showing St. Christopher wading across a river carrying infant Jesus
NameTablet
Artist
Artist not recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 × 1 5/8 × 7/16 in. (5.1 × 4.1 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.76
Object numberA.2014.26.76
DescriptionTablet with image showing Saint Christopher wading across a river carrying the infant Jesus on his shoulder. The water level comes to half-way up the saint's lower legs and he holds a staff. Infant has arms raised. The figures are on the left side of the tablet. An arch is faintly visible at the top of the tablet.
Artist not recorded
19th century (possibly earlier)
