The fig fist — Amulet Atlas A closed fist with the thumb pushed up between the index and middle fingers, carved or cast small and hung at the neck. In jet it is black and matte; in coral it is red; in silver it is the size of a thumb joint. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/fist/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
Tama — Amulet Atlas A small metal plaque, base metal or precious, with an image embossed on it: a heart, an eye, a hand, a leg, a whole kneeling figure, a house, a baby, a ship. A ribbon runs through it. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/tama-votive/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 35K
Illa practice — Amulet Atlas A practice of making the small thing stand for the large one. Its oldest form is the illa: a carved stone llama or alpaca, palm-sized, with a cylindrical hole sunk into the back between the shoulders — a container, fed… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/tradition/andean-illa-practice/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 40K
El Mercado de las Brujas — Amulet Atlas A run of stalls on Calle Linares in the El Rosario neighbourhood of La Paz, spilling into Jiménez, Santa Cruz and Illampu. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/place/mercado-de-las-brujas-la-paz/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 41K
Gold — Amulet Atlas A bright yellow metal, dense at 19.3 grams per cubic centimetre, soft, and so malleable that a single gram beats out into a sheet a metre square. It occurs native, usually in solid solution with silver. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/gold/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 33K
The name — Amulet Atlas A name of God, or of an angel, or a string of characters that stands in for one, written on the object and doing the work. Sometimes it is legible and sometimes it is deliberately not. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/divine-name/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 44K
Illa — Amulet Atlas A small carved animal, usually a llama or alpaca, cut from hard stone — the Dallas Museum of Art's Inca example is green and black — with a cylindrical hole sunk into the back between the shoulders. It sits in the hand. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/illa/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 32K
Figa — Amulet Atlas A closed fist with the thumb pushed up between the index and middle fingers, carved small and drilled for a cord. In Asturias it is cut from jet; elsewhere from coral, silver, gold, bone or moulded resin. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/figa/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Ojo de venado — Amulet Atlas A hard round seed of a Mucuna vine, dark and glossy with a broad black band across it, which is why it reads as an eye at arm's length. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/ojo-de-venado/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
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