Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Wooden figure of pregnant female

1880-1920

'Merman'

1801-1900

Bottle of Zamzam Water

2018

Mother and child statue

1880-1920

Carved figure of breastfeeding woman

1890-1920

Wooden divination board

1880-1920

Amulet in form of double-headed alligator

1880-1920

Earthenware foot scraper in the form of a sitting dog

1880-1925

Coin amulet to protect against smallpox

300-1450 CE

Brown earthenware foot scraper

1880-1925

Necklace worn to ward off the Evil Eye

1880-1930

Amulet to protect against health problems

1701-1900

Foot-scraper in the form of a camel

1880-1915

Earthenware skin scraper in the form of a duck

1880-1925

Catholic votive offering, embossed with image of hand and arm

2014

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

2011

Votive offering in the shape of an eye

2014

Cupping horn with small leather strip covering perfortion at tip

1831-1920

Catholic votive offering, embossed with image of two eyes

2014

Votive offering, plaque embossed with image of ear

2014

Wooden figure used as container for nkisi force

1890-1910

Metal hand clutching a sprig of rue

1800-1850

Shell pendant painted with an eye

1850-1920

Bone amulet in the shape of a hand and arm

1870-1920

Amuletic pear-shaped pendant

1880-1930

Linen skull cap printed with religious pictures

1860-1920

Stone amulet of man and woman embracing

1800-1900

Brooch in the form of a crab

1890-1930

Copper plaque stamped with a Latin cross for protection against cholera

1900-1909

Baby carrier with model baby

1880-1920

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

1996

Ritual mask

1701-1900

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

1996

Shaman's Aroma-therapy Mini Dream Pillow

1996

Amulet brooch in the shape of a black cat

1914-1918

Glass necklace worn to prevent bronchitis, Chelsea, London, England, 1914

1914

Glass necklace worn to prevent bronchitis, Greenwich, London, 1914

1914

Small muslin bag containing amuletic bread

1901-1913

Anthropomorphic iris root

1891-1900

Amulet, whelk shell with reversed spiral

1850-1920

Large animal tooth carried to cure toothache

1901-1911

Amulet to ward against the evil eye

1901-1911

Notched elder twig amulet

1901-1913

Pendant bottle

1910-1933

Bottle of medicinal water from La Rampe

1920-1928

Amulet in the shape of a scorpion

1800-1920

Brooch in the shape of a horseshoe with a riding crop

1914-1918

Divination bowl

1801-1900

Carved divination bowl

1880-1915

Amuletic ring made from a penny

1901-1913