KEEPSAKES

Charm bracelet. Gold and emerald.

Five milagros, the small votive charms left at Colombian altars in thanks or in petition, and kept afterwards. Each one carries a single stage of the crown's life. There is the mountain the emeralds were mined from, two hands holding a single stone, the Virgin on her processional platform, the galleon that crossed the Atlantic, and a vitrine holding a crown with the number 626 on its base, the gallery in New York where the original sits today.

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