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  • Tibetan paper charm consisting of five figures. Watercolour, Tibet.
  • The displaying of supposed witchcraft. Wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of deceivers and impostors. And divers persons under a passive delusion of melancholy and fancy. But that there is a corporeal league made betwixt the devil and the witch, or that he sucks on the witches body...or the like, is utterly denied and disproved. Wherein also is handled, the existence of angels and spirits, the truth of apparitions...the force of charms, and philters; with other abstruse matters / By John Webster.
  • An ornate lucky charm in the form of a hand. Chromolithograph.
  • A postcard a lucky charm which is illustrated by a hunchback. Chromolithograph.
  • An indian snake charmer charming a cobra held by his wife. Gouache drawing.
  • Malayan black magic (Ilmu Sihir) charm intended to curse its recipient with a fatal illness.
  • Bird: charm image designed to protect against eagles and birds of prey. Ink drawing, Tibet, 18--?.
  • An Indian drummer used as a good luck charm by soldiers during the First World War.
  • A black cat used as a good luck charm by soldiers during the First World War.
  • Snake charmer and family. Gouache drawing.
  • Scorpion-like creature, incorporating human faces: charm image designed to protect against demons. Ink drawing, Tibet, 1850/1910?.
  • A mad dog in chains: charm image designed to protect against dog-bites. Ink drawing, Tibet, 1850/1910?.
  • A Chinese lucky charm in the form of warrior with sword. Coloured woodcut by a Chinese artist.
  • A Chinese lucky charm decoration of man dressed in brightly colored robes. Colour woodcut by a Chinese artist.
  • A snake charmer from Poonah, India. Watercolour, 1873.
  • The hand of Fatima (daughter of Muhammad) surrounded by Islamic symbols and used as a good luck charm. Process print.
  • Snake charmer with wife holding the snake. Gouache drawing.
  • Delhi: a snake charmer. Watercolour by an Indian painter.
  • A Chinese lucky charm representing a man in a circle with Chinese lettering above. Hand tinted woodcut by a Chinese artist.
  • A snake charmer with three snakes and attendant. Gouache drawing.
  • An Indian snake charmer. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • A snake charmer. Gouache painting on mica, by an Indian artist.
  • A Chinese lucky charm decoration of man dressed in brightly colored robes with children at his feet. Colour woodcut by a Chinese artist.
  • A Chinese lucky charm decoration of of a scholar with scrolls and with children at his feet. Colour woodcut by a Chinese artist.
  • A snake charmer's wife holding a small baby. Gouache painting on mica, by an Indian artist.
  • A snake charmer's wife holding a small baby. Gouache painting on mica, by an Indian artist.
  • An arrangement of different castes including snake charmer, brick-layer, basket-maker, potter and wives. Gouache drawing.
  • A female snake charmer plays the flute to rouse the snake. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Shaman's charm of bone carved in Totemic British Columbia. North West Coast of America. Designs representing the Octopus and anthropoozomorphic bird. Abalone inlays in eyes. Hole pierced at top for pendant.
  • A rosary, a medallion of St Benedict, a charm said to cause loss of eyesight, and hands showing lines and features to be interpreted by palmistry (including lines forecasting violent death); all illustrating 'superstition'. Engraving.