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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)
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Chinese woodcut: Healing by invocation
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An artificially manufactured version of a goa stone found inside the stomachs of an animal (bezoar stones) and its case. Made in India from a paste of clay, crushed shell, amber, musk and resin and used for numerous complaints such as poisons and as a charm against plague
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Four carved ivory amulets, Eskimo.
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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)
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Vipern Schnurre.
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Yoruba Ibeji figures, representing twins
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The case of artificially manufactured version of a goa stone
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Vipern Schnurre.
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Chinese woodcut: Talisman against epidemic diseases
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An amuletic necklace of glass beads. The pattern of onlain circles resembling eyes acts as protection against the evil eye, Hebron, Palestine.
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The case of artificially manufactured version of a goa stone
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Graeco-Roman phallic amulet
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Cabbalistic amulet for the cure from jaundice, 18th c.
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Vipern Schnurre.
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The case of artificially manufactured version of a goa stone
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Vipern Schnurre.
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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)
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An artificially manufactured version of a goa stone found inside the stomachs of an animal (bezoar stones) and its case. Made in India from a paste of clay, crushed shell, amber, musk and resin and used for numerous complaints such as poisons
Digital Images
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An artificially manufactured version of a goa stone found inside the stomachs of an animal (bezoar stones) and its case. Made in India from a paste of clay, crushed shell, amber, musk and resin and used for numerous complaints such as poisons and as a charm against plague
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Beaten gold lips, found in Cyprus, supposed to ba a Mycenean amulet.
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A black cat used as a good luck charm by soldiers during the First World War.
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An artificially manufactured version of a goa stone found inside the stomachs of an animal (bezoar stones) and its case. Made in India from a paste of clay, crushed shell, amber, musk and resin and used for numerous complaints such as poisons and as a charm against plague
Digital Images
Online
The case of artificially manufactured version of a goa stone
Digital Images
Online
An artificially manufactured version of a goa stone found inside the stomachs of an animal (bezoar stones) and its case. Made in India from a paste of clay, crushed shell, amber, musk and resin and used for numerous complaints such as poisons and as a charm against plague