Vintage Bronze Praying Woman Milagro
Product Details
This praying woman is a milagro, one of the small votive figures carried to a shrine and pinned to a statue's robe or to a retablo, either in petition or in thanks for a favor received. She kneels with her head bare, her hands pressed together and lifted before her breast, her long skirt spreading wide to the ground in a few deep incised folds.
A milagro in the shape of a whole person stands for the one who prays or the one prayed for, where a hand, a heart or a leg would name the trouble more particularly. The tradition runs deep through Mexico and the Spanish-speaking world, where a small figure left at a shrine keeps a petition going long after the person who brought it has gone home. Her charm lies in how little the maker needed to say: a bare head, joined hands, and the whole prayer is there.
The Praying Woman Milagro was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
Product Details
This praying woman is a milagro, one of the small votive figures carried to a shrine and pinned to a statue's robe or to a retablo, either in petition or in thanks for a favor received. She kneels with her head bare, her hands pressed together and lifted before her breast, her long skirt spreading wide to the ground in a few deep incised folds.
A milagro in the shape of a whole person stands for the one who prays or the one prayed for, where a hand, a heart or a leg would name the trouble more particularly. The tradition runs deep through Mexico and the Spanish-speaking world, where a small figure left at a shrine keeps a petition going long after the person who brought it has gone home. Her charm lies in how little the maker needed to say: a bare head, joined hands, and the whole prayer is there.
The Praying Woman Milagro was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
