Top left: Two sided carved coral with the Annunciation, Italian 17c Top right: Gum benzoin, a concoction of spices and resin believed to protect the wearer from poisoning, Spanish, about 1600. Bottom left : Ivory hand amulet, Spanish , about 1600. Known in Spein as a "higa", the hand amulet with lightly touching thumb and index finger is the "mano cornuta", a potent gesture against evil. Bottom right: Cylindrical pendant with the Virgin and Child, Potuguese, about 1600-1650. British Museum
