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Catalog No
EK002146_0005
Author
Ester Krumbachová
Title
Amulet for Perseverance and Victory
Technique
Typewritten text, paper
Year Archived
2024
Credit

Ester Krumbachová Archive

Description

Composition of the amulet

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Transcript

The amulet you hold in your hands was wrought in accordance with specific instructions.
It is composed of objects gifted, owned, created by one’s own hands, found, and stolen.
It connects the valuable and the worthless. Both have their connections.
Of all the precious metals, only silver may collaborate on this.
Otherwise it is made from leather and products derived from plants, with cords without plastic admixture, as well as with fabric that must always be genuine. and which was frequently used in religious rituals. Some
Some of the components are made by the creator of the amulet, if this was understood to be important. This activity takes place at night.
The entire amulet is in effect tied together with knots, which have their own meaning.

AMULET FOR PERSEVERANCE AND VICTORY
The crown of the amulet is a scarab. (Egypt)
and on its right side is a small bead with a meander. (Crete.)
The silver chain is a chain from a lorgnette.
It is used twice, first above the center of the amulet, then at the end of the amulet.
The red beads come from a broken rosary.
The little pendant below the rosary (to the right of the scarab Crown) comes from Egypt)
Fabric used):   Baptismal clothing for a newborn from c. 1890
                            Flax cords (New Zealand) 

                            Cheap wool
                            Pieces of string (found, gifted)
 

Also used are:
                            leather
                            string (Hong-Kong)