Rosary
date: label: Date made
content: 19th or 20th century
label: Date made
content: n.d.
notes: label: Description
content: Attached to this rosary are nine <i>milagros</i> or "miracles" representing offerings to a particular saint. Rosaries are strings of beads used by Catholics to repeat prayers such as the "Hail Mary" and the "Our Father". Combining a variety of local materials, the beads are made from seeds while the cross is inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: En este rosario se observan adheridos nueve milagros que representan ofrendas a un santo en particular. Los rosarios son collares de cuentas que usan los católicos para repetir plegarias tales como el Ave María y el Padre Nuestro. Para su confección se han utilizado distintos materiales locales, combinando cuentas de semillas junto a una cruz con incrustaciones de madre perla.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title (Spanish)
content: Rosario
topic: label: Subject
content: Hairstyling
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Religion
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.1088.006
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.1088.006
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rosary
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: seed; wood; pearl; metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: seed (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pearl (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .8 cm x 3.9 cm x 71.1 cm; 5/16 in x 1 9/16 in x 28 in