Milagros Cross with 150+ Pressed Tin Ex-Votos, Mexican Folk Devotional View Watchlist >
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Lot # G385
System ID # 30232611
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Milagros Cross with 150+ Pressed Tin Ex-Votos, Mexican Folk Devotional
A wooden cross faced entirely in pressed aluminum milagros — more than 150 individual charms tacked and layered across all four arms and both edges. The little votive forms crowd together with almost no wood showing through: praying figures, arms and legs, hearts, kneeling supplicants, standing men and women, animals including horses, birds, fish, and pigs, along with hands and body parts representing petitions for healing. Rows of small round-headed tacks fill the interstitial spaces, catching light like scattered points across the surface.
Milagros — "miracles" — are Mexican and Latin American devotional offerings, pinned to saints, retablos, and crosses in gratitude for prayers answered or in petition for help. Each shape names a specific need: a leg for a healed injury, a heart for love or health, a kneeling figure for supplication. Assembled together on a single cross, they form a dense record of collective faith. The reverse shows the plain stained-wood backing with a triangular brass hanger. Materials confirmed as wood and pressed aluminum, unmarked.
CONDITION
Excellent. No remarkable damage; milagros and tacks are secure across the surface with even, age-consistent patina to the metal.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- Overall: 8 1/8" H × 6 1/4" W × 1" D
- Weight: 1 lb
- Materials: Wood, pressed aluminum (unmarked)
- Milagros: 150+ individual charms
- Hanging: Triangular brass hanger, verso
- Campbell's Soup Can (4" H) Shown for Scale — Not Included
