Horseshoe — Amulet Atlas A U of iron, drilled with nail holes, that spent its first life nailed to a hoof. As a charm it is the used one: worn thin at the toe, still carrying nail stubs, fixed over a doorway. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/horseshoe/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 39K
The phallus — Amulet Atlas An erect phallus, modelled in bronze, bone or wood and worn, hung or fixed. Roman versions are frequently winged, and turn up as pendants, finger rings, relief carvings, lamps and wind chimes. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/phallic-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
What this atlas does not print — Amulet Atlas Open the map and one continent is close to empty. Australia has one of the longest continuous records of protective objects anywhere, and this atlas prints almost none of it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/story/what-this-atlas-does-not-print/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 41K
Sungkhor — Amulet Atlas A diagram on paper, folded down to a small packet and bound in coloured thread. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/sungkhor/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
Ethiopian talismanic scroll — Amulet Atlas A long strip of parchment — goat or sheep hide, soaked, dried, stretched, scraped and washed until it takes ink — painted with prayers in Ge'ez and with talismanic drawings, then rolled. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/ethiopian-magic-scroll/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
Wood — Amulet Atlas Cut, carved, split or planed. Wood is probably the commonest amulet material in the world and one of the rarest in a museum tray older than a few centuries, because it burns, rots, and in a great many traditions is… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/wood/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 38K
Taonga Māori — Amulet Atlas Treasures with whakapapa. A hei-tiki, a hei matau, an adze reworked into a pendant, a cloak, a carving: Te Papa's own description of taonga Māori covers ancestral carvings, personal ornaments, garments and weaponry… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/maori-taonga/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 42K
Counting beads — Amulet Atlas A string of a fixed number of beads or knots, run through the fingers so that the hand keeps count while the mouth says something. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/counting-beads/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 38K
Feeding the charm — Amulet Atlas Giving the object something to consume. Liquor poured on a cloth bag, a lit cigarette in a plaster figure's mouth, rice and salt and water set out in front of a paper talisman, a nail driven into a carved figure… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/feeding-the-charm/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
The key — Amulet Atlas A key, drawn or hung. Nobody in this record carries one to open anything. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/key/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 31K
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