DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet mold

NameMold

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America

MediumClay

Dimensions2 7/8 × 2 9/16 × 1/2 in. (7.3 × 6.5 × 1.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.151

Object numberA.2014.26.151

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionFired grey clay mold with crucifix in center. No cross. Four short lines above head of figure form corona. Body of figure depicted as single, thick, slightly curving line. Pair of tall plants (lilies) with multiple opposite leaves topped by flowers with many petals. Two more flowers with many petals above figure on left and right.