Every type in the gallery
22,024 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 2,697
- Heart scarabs & heart amulets 239
- Wedjat eye (Eye of Horus) 890
- Djed, tyet, ankh & hieroglyph signs 321
- Funerary tool & body amulets 127
- Bes & Taweret, guardians of the household 543
- Gods & goddesses 1,419
- Sacred animals 822
- Hands, fists & faces 52
- Cippi of Horus (healing stelae) 177
- Apotropaic wands (birth tusks) 58
- Hypocephali & amulet sets 63
- Other & unsorted Ancient Egypt 1,234
Ancient Near East & Levant
- Pazuzu heads & figures 32
- Lamashtu plaques 15
- Stamp-seal & animal amulets 43
- Eye idols 32
- Phoenician & Punic glass faces 1
- Aramaic incantation bowls 41
- Luristan & Iranian bronze charms 34
- Other & unsorted Ancient Near East 121
Greece, Etruria & Rome
- Gorgoneion (Medusa head) 64
- Bullae 35
- Lunulae (crescent pendants) 15
- Magical gems (Abraxas, Chnoubis) 39
- Amulet capsules & gold lamellae 3
- Anatomical votives 448
- Herakles knots & Sabazios hands 5
- Other & unsorted Greece 197
Byzantine, Coptic & Early Christian
- Holy Rider & Solomon amulets 6
- Encolpia & reliquary crosses 86
- Pilgrim flasks & eulogia tokens 58
- Other & unsorted Byzantine 80
Medieval & Early Modern Europe
- Pilgrim badges 143
- Reliquary pendants & devotional lockets 15
- Agnus Dei waxes 120
- Magic & inscribed rings 84
- Natural magic: toadstones, bezoars, serpent tongues 127
- Fraisenketten & Charivari (charm chains) 14
- Breverl & paper blessings 24
- Coral teething rattles & child charms 26
- Coral amulets 20
- Wax & metal votive offerings 274
- Saints’ medals & protective crosses 13
- Other & unsorted Medieval 987
Norse, Germanic, Baltic & Slavic
- Thor’s hammers (Mjölnir) 139
- Bracteates 326
- Amber amulets 51
- Zmeeviks & lunnitsy 206
- Kaptorgas & capsule amulets 17
- Scandinavian, Finnish & Sámi folk charms 582
- Other & unsorted Norse 267
Mediterranean & Iberian Folk
- Cimaruta (sprig of rue) 5
- Cornicello & horn amulets 32
- Higas & figas (fig-hand) 10
- Spanish child’s amulets (dijes & chupadores) 83
- Neapolitan charms (sirena & others) 132
- Other & unsorted Mediterranean 41
Islamic World
- Khamsa / Hand of Fatima 184
- Nazar evil-eye beads 153
- Qur’an & amulet cases (hirz, ta’wiz) 34
- Talismanic scrolls & sheets 80
- Talismanic shirts & textiles 18
- Talismanic seals & engraved stones 139
- Maghreb & Tuareg silver 15
- Other & unsorted Islamic World 317
Jewish Amulets
- Silver kame’ot & Shaddai plaques 95
- Childbirth & protective papers 9
- Judeo-Moroccan hamsas & amulets 8
- Other & unsorted Jewish Amulets 23
Sub-Saharan Africa
- Sahelian leather amulets (gris-gris, safi) 15
- Ethiopian magic scrolls & amulets 34
- Minkisi (power figures & medicine packs) 181
- Ivory & bone pendant amulets 43
- Ethnographic charms (collector field finds) 749
- Other & unsorted Sub-Saharan Africa 19
South Asia
- Tiger-claw & tooth amulets 12
- Amulet cases & kavacha 106
- Navaratna (nine-gem) amulets 1
- Yantras & mantra plates 131
- Deity pendants & sacred seeds 28
- Other & unsorted South Asia 36
Tibet & the Himalaya
- Ga’u amulet boxes 49
- Dzi beads 20
- Thokcha (sky-iron) 4
- Tsa-tsa & votive clay 12
- Phurba & protective ritual objects 21
- Other & unsorted Tibet 82
Southeast Asia
- Thai Buddhist amulets (phra khrueang) 121
- Buddhist votive tablets 63
- Anting-anting & jimat 78
- Other & unsorted Southeast Asia 49
China & Taiwan
- Coin charms (yasheng qian) 442
- Longevity locks 6
- Jade & hardstone amulets 10
- Taoist fu talismans 86
- Bagua mirrors, coin swords & temple charms 13
- Other & unsorted China 283
Japan & Korea
The Americas
- Andean illas & conopas 10
- Isthmian & Colombian gold pendants 12
- Mesoamerican jade & stone pendants 6
- Taíno zemís & Caribbean amulets 9
- Zuni & Pueblo fetishes 61
- Umbilical amulets & medicine bundles 78
- Northwest Coast & Arctic shaman charms 20
- Milagros & ex-votos 24
- Balangandãs, figas & Afro-Atlantic charms 2
- Dreamcatchers 111
- Other & unsorted The Americas 145
Oceania
Sexual & Erotic Charms
- Fascinum & phallic charms 152
- Tintinnabula (charm wind-chimes) 194
- Egyptian & Graeco-Egyptian fertility figures 2
- Priapus & Roman erotica 1
- Sheela-na-gigs & exhibitionist figures 108
- Palad khik (phallic charms) 5
- Chinese “spring” coin charms 1
- Love charms & aphrodisiac talismans 41
- Other & unsorted Sexual 51
Western Esoteric & Grimoire Talismans
- Planetary & astrological talismans 44
- Solomonic & Kabbalistic pentacles 179
- Word squares & charm words 3
Folk Luck & Everyday Charms
- British folk amulets (Lovett collection) 190
- Hagstones & witch-deterrents 36
- Troll crosses & modern revival charms 55