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This wooden carving from Canind\u00e9, Brazil, is known as an ex-voto\"Heart<\/a>
\nor milagre<\/i> in Portuguese.\u00a0 Canind\u00e9 is an important pilgrimage site, particularly during the feast of St. Francis.\u00a0 In areas with such strong traditions of petitioning God or saints for relief from troubles, religious pilgrims offer these objects in gratitude for their answered prayers, often for recovery from an illness or injury.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ex-votos can take the form of paintings or sculptures made from a variety of materials including wood, cloth, or wax.\u00a0 They often represent parts of the body that have been healed.\u00a0 The petitioner in this case may have recovered from a heart attack or other cardiac ailment.\u00a0 The MOA has more than 275 votive sculptures from Brazil in the permanent collection.<\/p>\n

Other objects from Brazil that have been featured for Artifact of the Month include a Ticuna body mask<\/a> and Matis poison darts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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