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  • Beaten gold lips, found in Cyprus, supposed to ba a Mycenean amulet.
  • Circular amulet, with Buginese inscriptions, worn to ward off disease. Ink drawing, 18--?.
  • Saint Anastasius: his head as an amulet against plague and witchcraft. Line engraving, 17--.
  • The Holy Cross, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Etching on silk.
  • Sudanese Amulet written in Arabic on wood with a wooden pen with verses from the Qur'an.
  • A Graeco-Roman phallic amulet made from alabaster with bronze wings, Pompeii, 100 BC - AD 100
  • A Graeco-Roman phallic amulet made from alabaster with bronze wings, Pompeii, 100 BC - AD 100
  • A Graeco-Roman phallic amulet made from alabaster with bronze wings, Pompeii, 100 BC - AD 100
  • The Holy Cross with the wounds of Christ, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Woodcut.
  • A Graeco-Roman phallic amulet made from alabaster with bronze wings, Pompeii, 100 BC - AD 100
  • The Holy Cross with the Virgin and Christ Child, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Etching.
  • Fraisenhendchen or Lorettohemdchen; amulet. Image printed on silk and attached to a piece of gauze with cross-stitch.
  • The Holy Cross with the wounds of Christ, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Woodcut on silk.
  • The Holy Cross with the Virgin and Christ Child, serving as an amulet against plagues and witchcraft etc. Etching.
  • An amulet in the form of the Conaĉ or Murrain caterpillar used to ward off that particular creature. Coloured engraving.
  • The Holy Cross with Saint Sebastian, Saint Roch and Saint John Nepomuk, serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Coloured woodcut.
  • The Holy Cross, surrounded by Saint Sebastian, Saint Roch, and Saint John Nepomuk, and (above) the appearance of the Trinity; serving as an amulet against plagues, witchcraft etc. Coloured etching.
  • Sioux Indian amulet in the form of a turtle, worn by girls to ward off illness. Said to contain the umbilical cord of the wearer. Decorated in beading. Northern Plains
  • Sioux Indian amulet in the form of a turtle, worn by girls to ward off illness. Said to contain the umbilical cord of the wearer. Decorated in quills. Northern Plains
  • Sioux Indian amulet in the form of a turtle, worn by girls to ward off illness. Said to contain the umbilical cord of the wearer. Decorated in beading. Northern Plains
  • Sioux Indian amulet in the form of a turtle, worn by girls to ward off illness. Said to contain the umbilical cord of the wearer. Decorated in quills. Northern Plains
  • Sioux Indian amulet in the form of a turtle, worn by girls to ward off illness. Said to contain the umbilical cord of the wearer. Decorated in beading. Northern Plains
  • Sioux Indian amulet in the form of a turtle, worn by girls to ward off illness. Said to contain the umbilical cord of the wearer. Decorated in quills. Northern Plains
  • Sioux Indian amulet in the form of a turtle, worn by girls to ward off illness. Said to contain the umbilical cord of the wearer. Decorated in quills. Northern Plains
  • Group amuletic heads & figures.
  • Amuletic flask or container of crystal.
  • Amuletic stone animals to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Amuletic stone animals to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Amuletic stone animals to ensure fertility, Bolivia.
  • Amuletic stone animals to ensure fertility, Bolivia.