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
nazar — Amulet Atlas A word for a glance that has ended up as the name of a glass disc. Naẓar in Arabic is sight, surveillance, attention. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/word/nazar-word/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 29K
Gau — Amulet Atlas A metal box worn shut. Himalayan Art Resources calls the type a portable shrine, generally made from metal worked in repoussé — hammered from the back so the design stands out at the front. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/amulet/gau-box/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 37K
Amber — Amulet Atlas Fossilised tree resin. Baltic amber, succinite, is found as irregular nodules in a marine glauconitic sand called blue earth, in Upper Eocene strata of Sambia, and comes from conifers of the family Sciadopityaceae. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/amber/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 32K
The fish — Amulet Atlas A fish in outline, usually two curved strokes crossing at the tail. In Christian use the Greek letters ΙΧΘΥΣ are sometimes written inside it. In China it is cast as a coin charm shaped like a fish and hung on a child. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/sign/fish/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 33K
Ink — Amulet Atlas Pigment suspended in a liquid: charcoal and water in West Africa, sometimes with saffron added, and driven under the skin elsewhere. nanobotco.github.io/amulet-atlas/material/ink/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 39K
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