. Guide leaflet. DEEP BROWN COPAL BEADS The natives of the west coast of Africa, the country of Trader Horn, made and wore this necklace of copal, which was their substitute for amber BEADS OF DEEP, FIERY, INDIAN The necklace beads cut by the native gem cutters of India, Burmah, or Ceylon have a character of their own attractive or unusual bit of stone toascribe to it occult powers. As he ad-vanced in culture, he shaped these bits ofstone into increasingly regular forms, andfinally as an added fetish, he scratchedon them images of his gods and invoca-tions to them. A talisman was supp
. Guide leaflet. DEEP BROWN COPAL BEADS The natives of the west coast of Africa, the country of Trader Horn, made and wore this necklace of copal, which was their substitute for amber BEADS OF DEEP, FIERY, INDIAN The necklace beads cut by the native gem cutters of India, Burmah, or Ceylon have a character of their own attractive or unusual bit of stone toascribe to it occult powers. As he ad-vanced in culture, he shaped these bits ofstone into increasingly regular forms, andfinally as an added fetish, he scratchedon them images of his gods and invoca-tions to them. A talisman was supposedto be endowed with wider and moregeneral powers than was an amulet, thefunction of the latter being to ward offevil. The addition of a magical combina-tion of words would make either a talis-man or an amulet a charm. Some of the earliest amulets of whichwe have any knowledge are the littlestone cylinders that were used among theAssyrians, Babylonians, Persians, andHittites, as seals. These cyhnders, someof wh
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