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Amulets from around the world

Amulets, or good luck charms, are believed to confer protection upon their owners.

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Museon-Omniversum

Museon-Omniversum

Museon-Omniversum

Museon-Omniversum

An amulet in the form of the Conaĉ or Murrain caterpillar used to ward off that particular…

Wellcome Collection

Amulet in the shape of a scorpion, Kashan, Iran, 1800-1920

Science Museum, London

Wellcome Collection

Turtle shaped amulet, North America, 1880-1920

Science Museum, London

Wellcome Collection

Cloth amulet, Spain, 1800-1920

Science Museum, London

Wellcome Collection

Brass hand, Iran, 1880-1925

Science Museum, London

Wellcome Collection

Amulet showing Anubis, Egypt, 4000-30 BCE

Science Museum, London

Wellcome Collection

Metal amulet with symbols of the 7 planets on one side, inscribed on other, German. Side p…

Science Museum, London

Wellcome Collection

Museon-Omniversum

Beaten gold lips, found in Cyprus, supposed to ba a Mycenean amulet.

Wellcome Collection

An artificially manufactured version of a goa stone found inside the stomachs of an animal…

Wellcome Collection

Amulet for the upper arm

National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

amulett, amulet

Museum of World Culture

Museon-Omniversum

Ivory figure, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1890-1930

Science Museum, London

Wellcome Collection

Amuletic stone figurines to ensure fertility, Bolivia.

Wellcome Collection

Chinese charm to accelerate labour

Wellcome Collection

Silver pear shaped pendant with silver square rupee, Middle

Science Museum, London

Wellcome Collection

Assyro-Babylonian cylinder seals and sketches.

Wellcome Collection

Compass encased within a shell, good luck charm

Wellcome Collection

The Danish Agency for Culture

Decorated note (amulet) on a carrying cord

National Museum of World Cultures Foundation

Museon-Omniversum

Museon-Omniversum

Museon-Omniversum

Cabbalistic amulet for the cure from jaundice, 18th c.

Wellcome Collection

Hängsmycke, Smycken

Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities

Amulet, India, 1850-1916

Science Museum, London

Wellcome Collection

Amulets of ivory, Belgian Congo, Africa.

Wellcome Collection

Amulet brooch in the shape of a black cat, England, 1914-191

Science Museum, London

Wellcome Collection

Yoruba Ibeji figures, representing twins

Wellcome Collection

Museum of Ethnography

coin, amulet, coin, amulet

Museum of Ethnography

Museum of Ethnography