Object Details
- 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.
- 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
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- n.d.
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.1088.013
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.1088.013
- accession 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
- Place Made
- Puerto Rico
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Religion
- Vidal
- Title
- Rosary
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_602775
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-1dca-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
