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Sacred clay tablet with crucified figure
Sacred clay tablet with crucified figure
Sacred clay tablet with crucified figure
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with crucified figure

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 3/8 × 1 7/8 × 1/2 in. (6.1 × 4.7 × 1.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.134
Object numberA.2014.26.134
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DescriptionTablet with crucified figure in center. Although there is no cross, a thick horizontal line floats in the space between the top of the figure and the upper edge of the tablet. Ribcage prominent above waist and loincloth of figure, which is flanked by two large plants (lilies) with multiple leaves. Plant on right side of figure has small oblong shape at base.
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