1703 – Amulet: Gun, lock and heart charm

Physical description:: Amulet consisting of three protective symbols - a miniature gun, padlock and heart - carved out of soapstone (?) and hanging from a brass ring.
Museum classification:: Protection
Size:: 30 x 30 x 5
Information:: Amulet consisting of three protective symbols - a miniature gun, padlock and heart - carved out of soapstone (?) and hanging from a brass ring.
Resource:: Object
Materials:: Soapstone (?)
Copyright ownership:: Treetrunk Ltd

537 – Coral and shell Charm

Charm - a coral anchor on a ring with 2 shell fishes and a shell heart.

1070 – Hand

Large brass Hand of Fatima with 6-pointed star.

A small box, an elongated oval in shape, made of a light brown substance, probably horn, with a wooden base, tiny round-headed nails around the bottom edge, a cross carved out of bone (?) fixed to one side, and a lid with a small skull carved from bone (?) as a knob. The box contains eighteen small charms: a wishbone; a crucifix; a sacred heart medallion; a Christ medallion; four nails (one bent into a loop); a very ornate silver key; three bones, probably vertebrae (from a snake?); a long thin bone; a tiny round bone; a skull similar to the one on the lid; an elongated silver skull; a skull carved from dark wood; an eliptical bead made from horn or wood.