DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 3/16 × 1 11/16 × 3/8 in. (5.5 × 4.3 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.95
Object numberA.2014.26.95
DescriptionTablet with crucifix in center. Cross faintly visible behind top of figure. Three fingers shown on each hand. Six lines form corona above head. Five thick lines radiate higher up. Plant (lily) to right of cross. Large flower to left of cross. Pair of clusters of small flowers at bottom of tablet.Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1985