Rosary
Object Details
- Description
- Attached to this rosary are nine milagros 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.
- Description (Spanish)
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 19th or 20th century
- n.d.
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.1088.006
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.1088.006
- Object Name
- rosary
- Physical Description
- seed; wood; pearl; metal (overall material)
- seed (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- pearl (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .8 cm x 3.9 cm x 71.1 cm; 5/16 in x 1 9/16 in x 28 in
- Place Made
- Puerto Rico
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- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Religion
- Vidal
- Title (Spanish)
- Rosario
- Subject
- Hairstyling
- Record ID
- nmah_602768
- Usage
- CC0
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