Amuletic heart-shaped pendant, 19th century.

Ancient Egyptian amulet, heart-shaped stone, 4000-30 BC.

Bronze amulet with horses' hooves and mounted by a woman. Graeco-Roman, 100 BCE-400 CE.

Amulet, possibly from Japan.

Amulet and charm to protect against plague, German, 1690-1710.

Ceramic pendant, Russia, 1914-18.

Ceramic pendant, Russia, World War I.

Silver amuletic pendant, 1801-1920.

Silvered religious amulet worn as a pendant, 19th century.

Scapular with holy pictures, European, 1851-1930.

Sacred house, Dorey village, New Guinea, 1826-1829.

The king's Morai at Kayakakoua, Sandwich Islands, 1817-1820.