Book Summary
Amulets are objects of supranormal potency that safeguard the wearer during critical periods of life passage and transformation. Ex-votos, small metal objects often in the shapes of human figures or specific parts of the body, are presented as gifts to supernatural beings in thankful reciprocation for favors received. The contributors, comprising an international group of historians, curators, folklorists, and anthropologists, focus on select pieces collected from Mexico, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Peru and Bolivia; Spain and Italy; Byzantium, Greece, and Poland; Morocco, Senegal, Ghana, Ethiopia; Egypt, Lebanon and Syria, Turkey, Iran; Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, and Japan.
Book Details
| Book Name | Faith And Transformation: Votive Offerings And Amulets From The Alexander Girard Collection |
| Author | Doris Francis, Paul Smutko |
| Publisher | Museum Of New Mexico Press (Nov 2007) |
| ISBN | 9780890135044 |
| Pages | 158 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1091 |