2.25" long x 1.25" wide
(6 x 3.5 cm)
These milagros would make great ornaments!
Milagros, or miracles, are petitions or prayers in the Roman Catholic tradition which are offered to a saint, often pinned on to their garment or left at a holy site. The Spanish and Portuguese took the practice with them to Latin America during colonization and the production of milagros continues to flourish throughout South America to this date. The object depicted (heart, eyes, leg, arm, internal organ, chicken, house, car, man, woman) represents the nature of the prayer request. A heart could represent heart disease or a broken heart. The eyes in this bracelet could be a request for good vision or perhaps for the ability to see life itself clearly.
Milagros can range in price depending on the wealth of the petitioner. Crudely stamped and cut tin milagros are available for the poor while the wealthy might comission an artisan to make a milagro worth hundreds of dollars. These milagros are silver plated and on the lower end of the artisanal spectrum.
In the last twenty years, artists, especially in Mexico and Peru, have popularized the use of milagros into their art. Wonderful folk art pieces have sprung up all over the place, as well as jewelry using the milagros for non religious purposes.
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