milagro;
religious/ritual equipment
- Museum number
- Am1990,08.315.c
- Description
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Charm (milagro in Spanish); made of metal; shaped like a heart with cross above, with red silk ribbon threaded through loop at top.
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 2 centimetres
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Width: 1 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- These charms can be bought outside churches in the region. When a person is in need of something, they buy a charm in the shape of their need (for example, car, house, animal, etc.).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1990
- Acquisition notes
- Cost for all seven (a-g).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1990,08.315.c