Milagros
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: <i>Ex-votos</i>, called <i>milagros</i> in Spanish, are offerings to a particular saint for help in curing an ailment. Many <i>milagros</i> are in the shape of specific body parts. Usually made of silver or tin, they can also be found in wax, gold, and other metals. <i>Santos</i> and <i>milagros</i> in the Vidal Collection date from the 1700s.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Los milagros son ofrendas hechas a un santo en particular para rogarle por la cura de alguna afección. Muchos milagros representan partes del cuerpo específicas. Por lo general se confeccionan de plata u hojalata, pero pueden hallarse también de cera, oro y otros metales. Los santos y los milagros de la Colección Vidal datan del siglo XVIII.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: Ex-votos
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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: 1997.0097.1006.001
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.1006.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ex voto, rooster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.7 cm x 2.4 cm x .2 cm; 1 1/16 in x 15/16 in x 1/16 in