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  • Collection of amulets and charms,
  • A West African witchdoctor with a hat entirely covered with amulets of leather and feathers. The leather is sewn into little pouches, each of which contains verses from the Koran and other charms.
  • 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.
  • Compass encased within a shell, good luck charm
  • A selection of good luck charms used by soldiers
  • Compass encased within a shell, good luck charm
  • A selection of good luck charms used by soldiers
  • Compass encased within a shell, good luck charm
  • A gold memento mori pendant, used to remind the user of the transience of life and material luxury, containing a decaying corpse inside a coffin. (Closed)
  • A gold memento mori pendant, used to remind the user of the transience of life and material luxury, containing a decaying corpse inside a coffin. (Open)
  • A Coconut charm, New Ginuea
  • A memento mori, used to remind the user of the transience of life and material luxury, containing a decaying corpse inside a coffin. (Image shows coffin only)
  • Beaten gold lips, found in Cyprus, supposed to ba a Mycenean amulet.
  • A memento mori statue, used to remind the user of the transience of life and material luxury, containing a decaying corpse inside a coffin.
  • Beaten gold lips, found in Cyprus, supposed to ba a Mycenean amulet.
  • Vipern Schnurre.
  • A Coconut charm, New Ginuea
  • Vipern Schnurre.
  • Vipern Schnurre.
  • Vipern Schnurre.
  • Vipern Schnurre.
  • A gold memento mori pendant, used to remind the user of the transience of life and material luxury, containing a decaying corpse inside a coffin. (Open)
  • Vipern Schnurre.
  • Beaten gold lips, found in Cyprus, supposed to ba a Mycenean amulet.
  • A Coconut charm, New Ginuea
  • Vipern Schnurre.
  • Vipern Schnurre.
  • Vipern Schnurre.
  • A Coconut charm, New Ginuea