The 'milagros' (meaning miracles) referred to in the title of this bookwork are small religious folk charms traditionally used as votive offerings in the southern United States, Latin America and parts of rural Spain. These small charms in the form of arms, legs, ears, animals, fruits or other objects can be flat or three dimensional, and made of gold, silver, wood, lead, wax or any other material. They are often attached to statues of saints or other sacred objects as a petition for a particular need or as thanks for a prayer answered.

'Doce milagros' by American artists Kurt Kiefer and Brad Freeman is a box of images of twelve body parts. On the box lid it states, 'Intended to be given to people who have ailments related to images enclosed'.