DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with raised figure of Virgin

NameTablet

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca. 1985

Place madeTlacolula, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America

MediumClay

Dimensions2 5/8 × 2 × 9/16 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 1.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.157

Object numberA.2014.26.157

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionTablet with raised figure of Virgin with hands clasped in center and several multi-petaled flowers on both sides. Flowers on left side less well defined. Figure wears cloak with large hood. Gown hangs straight without folds. Figure stands on rectangular base at bottom edge of tablet. Cloak and gown flair out at base of figure which is slightly left of center.