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Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
Sacred clay tablet with crucifix
DepartmentLatin America

Sacred clay tablet with crucifix

NameTablet
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Dateca. 1985
Place madeEsquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, Central America
MediumClay
Dimensions2 1/16 × 1 5/8 × 7/16 in. (5.3 × 4.1 × 1.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Susan Horst Mori, from the Oscar Horst Collection, A.2014.26.91
Object numberA.2014.26.91
DescriptionTablet with crucifix in center. Faint crossbar behind top of figure. Two large plants (lilies) flank figure. Both plants have many pairs of opposite leaves. Figure leans left and a horizontal line near top of tablet leans at the same angle.