Milagro

Museum number:

3-29544f

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Accession number:

Acc.4395

Description:

Lightweight metal milagro representing a left hand. Native name: Milagro = miracle. Materials: pot metal. Context of use: Charms used by people in need of relief from some ailment either for themselves or for a family farm animal. The charms are placed on a wall in a church where the petitioner prays to his/her saint for the needed "miracle". These were collected at an import shop in Berkeley (Tzintzuntzan Imports.)

Donor:

Maria Gonzales-Bridges and University Appropriation

Collection place:

Mexico

Collector:

Maria Gonzales-Bridges

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Milagros (ex-votos)

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area