DepartmentLatin America
Sacred clay tablet with very abstract and decorative image of Virgin
NameTablet
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEtla, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America
MediumClay
Dimensions3 1/2 × 2 5/8 × 11/16 in. (8.9 × 6.6 × 1.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.156
Object numberA.2014.26.156
DescriptionTablet with very abstract and decorative image of Virgin. Outline of gown curves down from head of figure, represented by a simple, solid circle. Double rows of smaller round shapes, representing flowers, curve slightly betweeen sides of gown and edges of tablet. Many more flowers inside outline of gown below abstract clasped hands of the figure.
Artist Not Recorded
