1" Metal Arm Ebbo

The metal arm (often part of a set of tools or metal pieces) used as an ebbo (offering/work) for San Lázaro or Babalú Ayé in Santería and the Yoruba religion, serves fundamentally to request healing from illnesses (especially of the upper limbs or skin), the recovery of mobility, and protection against physical ailments.

• Representation of Healing: Babalú Ayé is the Orisha of illnesses and leprosy, and he is syncretized with San Lázaro, who is represented with crutches. A metal arm symbolizes the strength, repair, and healing of that part of the body, acting as a direct request to relieve pain or paralysis.
• Tool of Power: These metal pieces are sacred tools that are placed on the altar (or inside Babalú Ayé's pot) to attract the healing energy of the Orisha.
• Ebbo of Thanksgiving or Request: It is used in works to ask for health or in thanksgiving for a miraculous healing, representing the transformation of pain into health