At times amulets were given the form of a cartouche displaying the name of a king and placed in tombs.
Much of the game's story is revealed via flashbacks triggered by an amulet that has the power to relay memories attached to objects.
Clothing fasteners, amulets, and, to a lesser extent, signet rings, are the most common artefacts known to us.
Many have soft, fluffy inflorescences that look like rabbit's foot amulets.
Its ceremonial functions; as part of traditional costumes, as sacred heirloom and as a protective personal amulet however, remains.
Nor is disingenuousness about public accounting rules, as in the case of council house receipts, halfway to being an amulet.
Higher status equates to greater power, thought of as a personal attribute though also expressed and embodied in amulets on the chief's clothes and on his staff.
Accompanying these secondary remains were discrete deposits of shell jewelry (a bivalve amulet and shell "tinklers," among others), carved-bone tubes, two jade beads, and five ceramic vessels.
