DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/4 × 1 5/8 × 1/2 in. (5.7 × 4.1 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.86
Object numberA.2014.26.86
DescriptionTablet with crucifix. Three thick rays above head of figure. Two tall curving plants flank base of cross. Plant on left has eight small flowers and two small leaves. Plant on right has row of flowers along left side of stem and single flower at top.Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985