Bone and ivory — Amulet Atlas Two related things a charm gets cut from: bone, from any animal including a human one, and ivory, meaning tusk — from African and Asian elephants above all, and also from hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and mammoth. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/bone-ivory/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 34K
Cornicello — Amulet Atlas A single twisted horn, a few centimetres long, tapering to a point and pierced at the wide end for a chain. Gold, silver, plastic, bone, terracotta or red coral. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/cornicello/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
Cowrie strand — Amulet Atlas Small sea-snail shells, egg-shaped, glossy, with a long toothed slit down the flat underside. Strung on cord, sewn onto cloth, hung at the neck, or thrown in handfuls. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/cowrie-strand/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 38K
yantra — Amulet Atlas A machine. That is the word's plain sense and it has never gone away: yantra is an instrument, a thing built to hold and to do work. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/yantra-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 31K
Buying one in a market — Amulet Atlas Money changes hands and an object becomes yours. It is the ordinary route to a charm almost everywhere — a tray in a lane, a counter inside a temple gate, an aisle at the back of a municipal market, a stall in a… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/buying-in-a-market/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 46K
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
The market stall sign — Amulet Atlas Whatever tells a buyer, before they reach the tray, what is on it: a painted board, a hand-lettered product name on a jar, a certificate propped against a case, or — in the oldest arrangement — the name of the street… nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/art/market-stall-sign/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 30K
Blessing at a shrine — Amulet Atlas Taking an object to where the power is, rather than bringing the power to the object. The move has two directions and this record keeps them apart. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/practice/blessing-at-a-shrine/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 44K
Phone charm — Amulet Atlas A small figure, bead, tassel or brocade pouch on a thin cord, knotted with a lark's head through a hole in a phone or a case. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/phone-charm/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 37K
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