Votive giving across cultures cultural histories of the material world 2015 author ittai weinryb ed price 65 buy in the store derived from latin ex voto suscepto in pursuance of a vow an ex voto embodies the hopes dreams and anxieties of the person who deposits it almost anything regardless of size weight form or original function can become a votive object ultimately the . Derived from latin ex voto suscepto in pursuance of a vow an ex voto embodies the hopes dreams and anxieties of the person who deposits it almost anything regardless of size weight form or original function can become a votive object ultimately the category refers to a subset of the material world in which a thing is not necessarily made to be a votive but instead becomes . With ex voto votive giving across cultures the series moves into a new dimension the hazy meeting place of folklore art history archaeology and anthropology the ex voto a type of object that comes into focus in antiquity though perhaps existing in some other guise for much much longer has lived on the borderline of scholarly attention noted sometimes catalogued but rarely subjected . Ex voto votive giving across cultures ittai weinryb editor format book language english imprint new york bard graduate center 2016 subjects culture philosophy votive offerings contributors weinryb ittai editor miller peter n editor of compilation isbn 9781941792056 and 1941792057 series bard graduate center cultural histories of the material world description xii . Derived from latin ex voto suscepto in pursuance of a vow an ex voto embodies the hopes dreams and anxieties of the person who deposits it almost anything regardless of size weight form or original function can become a votive object ultimately the category refers to a subset of the material world in which a thing is not necessarily made to be a votive but instead becomes charged