DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with crucifix

NameTablet

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America

MediumClay

Dimensions2 1/2 × 2 1/16 × 7/16 in. (6.3 × 5.2 × 1.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.106

Object numberA.2014.26.106

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionTablet with crucifix in center. Two plants (lilies) with five-petaled flowers extend up next to figure on both sides. Head of figure leans left under curving corona formed by many short lines. Pair of clusters of short lines radiate outwards on both sides of shaft just above crossbar.