Image
Category
Collection
On Display
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

'Orris Root' amulet in plastic packet with paper label 'worn to find and hold love'

1996

Sage and cedar 'Sage Spirit Sticks', California, United States, 1996

1996

Gangajal, sacred water from the River Ganges

2017

Bottle of medicinal water from La Rampe

1920-1928

Carved wooden fetish doll or "Akua Mma"

1890-1910

Copper plaque stamped with a Latin cross for protection against cholera

1900-1909

Necklace worn to ward off the Evil Eye

1880-1930

Ritual mask

1701-1900

Carved figure of breastfeeding woman

1890-1920

Amulet in form of double-headed alligator

1880-1920

Earthenware foot scraper in the form of a sitting dog

1880-1925

Brown earthenware foot scraper

1880-1925

Amulet in the shape of a scorpion

1800-1920

Divination bowl

1801-1900

Amuletic pear-shaped pendant

1880-1930

Carved divination bowl

1880-1915

Notched elder twig amulet

1901-1913

Coin amulet to protect against smallpox

300-1450 CE

Metal hand clutching a sprig of rue

1800-1850

Shell pendant painted with an eye

1850-1920

Soft pitted grey stone carried to protect against toothache

1871-1910

Brooch in the form of a crab

1890-1930

Earthenware skin scraper in the form of a duck

1880-1925

Amulet to protect against health problems

1701-1900

Foot-scraper in the form of a camel

1880-1915

Stone amulet of man and woman embracing

1800-1900

Bone amulet in the shape of a hand and arm

1870-1920

Linen skull cap printed with religious pictures

1860-1920

Cupping horn with small leather strip covering perfortion at tip

1831-1920

Shaman's Aroma-therapy Mini Dream Pillow

1996

Wooden figure of pregnant female

1880-1920

Mother and child statue

1880-1920

Horn feeding cup from Edward Whymper collection

1801-1920

Baby carrier with model baby

1880-1920

Amuletic ring made from a penny

1901-1913

Box containing a miniature Qur'an. Replica of the Ka‘ba

2011

Catholic votive offering, embossed with image of two eyes

2014

Votive offering, plaque embossed with image of ear

2014

Catholic votive offering, embossed with image of hand and arm

2014

Votive offering in the shape of an eye

2014

Souvenir bottle of Fatima water

circa 2017

Medicinal water from hot spring of Saint Maria Theresa

1920-1928

Portrait of bonesetter Mohammed Salim

2015

Brooch in the shape of a horseshoe with a riding crop

1914-1918

Brass padlock

1831-1920

Cornish piskie amuletic pendant

1871-1930

Wooden figure used as container for nkisi force

1890-1910

Pendant bottle

1910-1933

Otter's paw mounted on brooch

1580-1650

Anthropomorphic iris root

1891-1900