Every type in the gallery
5,320 amulets from 20 traditions, photographed in the museums that hold them. Save the ones that feel right, and have yours made by hand.
Ancient Egypt
- Scarabs & scaraboids 250
- Heart scarabs & heart amulets 74
- Wedjat eye (Eye of Horus) 250
- Djed, tyet, ankh & hieroglyph signs 96
- Funerary tool & body amulets 94
- Bes & Taweret, guardians of the household 224
- Gods & goddesses 250
- Sacred animals 250
- Hands, fists & faces 21
- Cippi of Horus (healing stelae) 8
- Apotropaic wands (birth tusks) 6
- Hypocephali & amulet sets 17
- Other & unsorted Ancient Egypt 150
Ancient Near East & Levant
- Pazuzu heads & figures 7
- Lamashtu plaques 3
- Stamp-seal & animal amulets 10
- Eye idols 6
- Phoenician & Punic glass faces 1
- Aramaic incantation bowls 4
- Luristan & Iranian bronze charms 20
- Other & unsorted Ancient Near East 23
Greece, Etruria & Rome
- Gorgoneion (Medusa head) 12
- Bullae 6
- Lunulae (crescent pendants) 14
- Amulet capsules & gold lamellae 2
- Anatomical votives 243
- Herakles knots & Sabazios hands 3
- Other & unsorted Greece 87
Byzantine, Coptic & Early Christian
- Holy Rider & Solomon amulets 1
- Encolpia & reliquary crosses 8
- Pilgrim flasks & eulogia tokens 31
- Other & unsorted Byzantine 66
Medieval & Early Modern Europe
- Pilgrim badges 25
- Reliquary pendants & devotional lockets 13
- Agnus Dei waxes 108
- Natural magic: toadstones, bezoars, serpent tongues 45
- Fraisenketten & Charivari (charm chains) 4
- Breverl & paper blessings 21
- Coral teething rattles & child charms 9
- Coral amulets 14
- Wax & metal votive offerings 250
- Saints’ medals & protective crosses 7
- Other & unsorted Medieval 150
Norse, Germanic, Baltic & Slavic
- Thor’s hammers (Mjölnir) 20
- Amber amulets 11
- Zmeeviks & lunnitsy 34
- Kaptorgas & capsule amulets 3
- Scandinavian, Finnish & Sámi folk charms 250
- Other & unsorted Norse 150
Mediterranean & Iberian Folk
- Cimaruta (sprig of rue) 3
- Cornicello & horn amulets 23
- Higas & figas (fig-hand) 7
- Spanish child’s amulets (dijes & chupadores) 45
- Neapolitan charms (sirena & others) 122
- Other & unsorted Mediterranean 39
Islamic World
- Khamsa / Hand of Fatima 35
- Nazar evil-eye beads 32
- Qur’an & amulet cases (hirz, ta’wiz) 25
- Talismanic shirts & textiles 4
- Maghreb & Tuareg silver 3
- Other & unsorted Islamic World 150
Jewish Amulets
- Silver kame’ot & Shaddai plaques 26
- Childbirth & protective papers 7
- Judeo-Moroccan hamsas & amulets 8
- Other & unsorted Jewish Amulets 5
Sub-Saharan Africa
- Sahelian leather amulets (gris-gris, safi) 8
- Ethiopian magic scrolls & amulets 11
- Ivory & bone pendant amulets 18
- Ethnographic charms (collector field finds) 250
- Other & unsorted Sub-Saharan Africa 18
South Asia
- Tiger-claw & tooth amulets 7
- Amulet cases & kavacha 84
- Deity pendants & sacred seeds 14
- Other & unsorted South Asia 21
Tibet & the Himalaya
- Ga’u amulet boxes 37
- Dzi beads 3
- Thokcha (sky-iron) 1
- Tsa-tsa & votive clay 7
- Phurba & protective ritual objects 4
- Other & unsorted Tibet 77
Southeast Asia
- Thai Buddhist amulets (phra khrueang) 13
- Buddhist votive tablets 34
- Anting-anting & jimat 36
- Other & unsorted Southeast Asia 14
China & Taiwan
- Longevity locks 1
- Jade & hardstone amulets 1
- Bagua mirrors, coin swords & temple charms 1
- Other & unsorted China 150
Japan & Korea
The Americas
- Umbilical amulets & medicine bundles 53
- Milagros & ex-votos 4
- Balangandãs, figas & Afro-Atlantic charms 1
- Dreamcatchers 7
- Other & unsorted The Americas 74
Oceania
Sexual & Erotic Charms
- Fascinum & phallic charms 25
- Tintinnabula (charm wind-chimes) 20
- Egyptian & Graeco-Egyptian fertility figures 1
- Sheela-na-gigs & exhibitionist figures 7
- Love charms & aphrodisiac talismans 29
- Other & unsorted Sexual 8
Western Esoteric & Grimoire Talismans
Folk Luck & Everyday Charms
- British folk amulets (Lovett collection) 47
- Hagstones & witch-deterrents 5
- Troll crosses & modern revival charms 29