A retablo, or laminas in Mexico, is a small painting on tin, zinc, copper or wood. Ex-votos, or an offering to a saint or divinity, can take a wide variety of forms. They are not only intended for the helping figure, but also as a testimony to later visits of the recieved help. As such, they may inclue texts explaing a miracle attributed to the helper, or symbols such as a painted or modeled reproduction of a miraculously healed body part, or a directly related item such as a crutch offered from a person who had formerly been lame. Seller Inventory # 2240

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Title: Mid-century ex-voto retablos depicting Our ...

Publisher: Mexico

Publication Date: 1956

Condition: Very good

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Women, History, Art, Culture, Poetry, Radicalism, Americana. Fine and Small Press. The Story of Us.

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