Rosario

Description:

This string rosary, made from a local plant fiber, has knots instead of beads to represent the prayer cycle. Rosaries are strings of beads used by Catholics to repeat prayers such as the Hail Mary and the Our Father. Rosaries in the Vidal collection are made from a wide variety of materials such as silver, gold, horn, seed, wood, and coral.

Date Made: n.d.

Description (Spanish): Este rosario, manufacturado con fibras de una planta local, tiene nudos en vez de cuentas para representar el ciclo de plegarias. Los rosarios son collares de cuentas que usan los católicos para repetir plegarias tales como el Ave María y el Padre Nuestro. Los rosarios de la Colección Vidal están confeccionados con una gran variedad de materiales, tales como plata, oro, cuerno, semillas, madera y coral.Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Puerto Rico

Subject: Puerto Rico

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Ethnic, Cultures & Communities, Religion, Vidal

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Gift of Teodoro Vidal

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1997.0097.1088.013Catalog Number: 1997.0097.1088.013Accession Number: 1997.0097

Object Name: rosary

Physical Description: plant fiber (overall material)Measurements: overall: .3 cm x 3 cm x 53 cm; 1/8 in x 1 3/16 in x 20 7/8 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-1dca-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_602775

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