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Hearst Museum object titled Ab (heart) amulet, accession number 5-7394, described as Amulet. Ab or heart stone. Pendant of black and gray speckled stone. fb heart amulet hanging. Height 2.41 cm. Width 1.75 cm. Thickness 1.16 cm.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Ab (heart) amulet, accession number 5-7395, described as Amulet. Ab or heart pendant. Lapis. Top lug pierced for hanging. Height 1.94 cm. Width with lugs 1.18 cm. Thickness 7.7 mm.

Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-13927, described as Amulet: upper part of god, Heh, with arms raised. Right hand missing and crack near left hand. Green color with tiny holes in glaze. Height 2.7 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-7942, described as Amulet; leather sewn over grass core with bulging center section; tied in loop; red/brown dyed; diameter: 16 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-13975, described as Amulet: blue with white blotches. Hole at top and bottom. Narrowing in center, forming two sections. One carved appendage and other had tip broken off.

Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 6-19083, described as blue glaze amulet, kneeling human figure

Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-15576, described as Amulet, brass. In ring form kneeling man with hands on knees. Stylized facial features. Suspension ring on back. Height 6.0 cm, Width 1.9 cm. From Africa, Mali, Dogon (?). Possible tourist reproduction.

Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 9-12925, described as Silver amulet made in the shape of eyes; die stamped with silver foil. Native name: "lubaru" (amulet). Made by silversmiths and used by worshippers (usually Hindi) in need of a favor involving some part of their lives or bodies. Associated with 9-12920-26. Height 5.7 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-15213, described as amulet for wrist; anthropomorphic fig. of reddish brown patinated wood in varicolored glass seed bead wrap; only head w/ lg. perforation is visible; l. 7.7 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 18-1016, described as Amulet, bone, incised figures and inscription; Batak characters on one side, other side has anthropomorphic protective figures (two) (“pinarhalak”), curvilinear design (”bindu matoga”) and a five-pointed star (”tapak silima lima”); elongated triangle perforated at narrow end. Made from incised rib from sacrificed water buffalo. Used as a protective amulet worn by warriors under the headcloth to ward off bullets, missiles, and lethal blows. Other used: hung on the roof post of the house during ritual hand washing; worn by menstruating women to ward off ghosts and spirits that might cause illness; the figures are apotropaic, and the inscription is a spell summoning certain spirits. Length 18.7 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Ab (heart) amulet, accession number 5-7394, described as Amulet. Ab or heart stone. Pendant of black and gray speckled stone. fb heart amulet hanging. Height 2.41 cm. Width 1.75 cm. Thickness 1.16 cm.

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Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-13927, described as Amulet: upper part of god, Heh, with arms raised. Right hand missing and crack near left hand. Green color with tiny holes in glaze. Height 2.7 cm.

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Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-7942, described as Amulet; leather sewn over grass core with bulging center section; tied in loop; red/brown dyed; diameter: 16 cm.

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Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-13975, described as Amulet: blue with white blotches. Hole at top and bottom. Narrowing in center, forming two sections. One carved appendage and other had tip broken off.

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Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 6-19083, described as blue glaze amulet, kneeling human figure

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Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-15576, described as Amulet, brass. In ring form kneeling man with hands on knees. Stylized facial features. Suspension ring on back. Height 6.0 cm, Width 1.9 cm. From Africa, Mali, Dogon (?). Possible tourist reproduction.

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Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 9-12925, described as Silver amulet made in the shape of eyes; die stamped with silver foil. Native name: "lubaru" (amulet). Made by silversmiths and used by worshippers (usually Hindi) in need of a favor involving some part of their lives or bodies. Associated with 9-12920-26. Height 5.7 cm.

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Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 5-15213, described as amulet for wrist; anthropomorphic fig. of reddish brown patinated wood in varicolored glass seed bead wrap; only head w/ lg. perforation is visible; l. 7.7 cm.

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Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 18-1016, described as Amulet, bone, incised figures and inscription; Batak characters on one side, other side has anthropomorphic protective figures (two) (“pinarhalak”), curvilinear design (”bindu matoga”) and a five-pointed star (”tapak silima lima”); elongated triangle perforated at narrow end. Made from incised rib from sacrificed water buffalo. Used as a protective amulet worn by warriors under the headcloth to ward off bullets, missiles, and lethal blows. Other used: hung on the roof post of the house during ritual hand washing; worn by menstruating women to ward off ghosts and spirits that might cause illness; the figures are apotropaic, and the inscription is a spell summoning certain spirits. Length 18.7 cm.

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5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies38 objects
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S2009-2010 #1: California State University, Bakersfield (September 14, 2009–November 16, 2009)2 objects
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S1980-1981 #58: University of California, Davis (April 3, 1981–September 12, 1981)1 objects
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S1987-1988 #30: Birmingham Museum of Art (April 1988–August 9, 1988)1 objects

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