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Arabic alphabet lists (Figure 10) |
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Love charm (Figure 13) |
Showing the construction of a khatim (seal) |
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The Magical square (Figure 7) |
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Amulets from Kordofan (plate 1) |
Kitabs, hijabs and waraqas collected in Kordofan by R.G. Anderson early 1900. Nevertheless, they represent those used all over Muslim Sudan. Plate includes: |
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Charms in Kordofan (Plate 2) |
Items collected by R.G. Anderson (c1900) including barad (hail), green stone, blood stone, ferous (turguoise), etc. |
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Nyam Nyam and Gour charms-1 (Plate 3) |
Items collected by R.G. Anderson (c1900) including: Ivory armlet, Gour tooth necklace, leather waist girdle, tortoise-shell on a brass ring, etc. |
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Nyam Nyam and Gour charms-2 (Plate 4) |
Items collected by R.G. Anderson (c1900) including salt and drug horn, Gour whistles, Oracle of divining board, witchdoctor’s knife, Giraffe hairs, etc |
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Kederu women amulets (Plate 5) |
Blending with ornaments. |
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