Women's Padded Scarf Exvoto silk and wool

Ex-voto

“Ex-voto” means, literally trans- lated from Latin: “following a vote”.They are actually offerings of all kinds, mainly in the form of engraved plaques that may bear the name of a thanksgiving, or silver representations of certain parts of the body. These votive offerings are offered to God or to the saints in gratitude for a grace obtained or following the fulfillment of a vow. In many Ita- lian churches, one can still admire entire sections of wall covered with these small symbolic objects.