A GUATEMALAN PACKAGE AMULET:

MINIATURE HORSESHOE

This package amulet from Guatemala measures 2 inches wide by 2 1/2 inches high and is similar in style to the Mexican miniature horseshoe package.

Package amulets are collages of objects glued to a backer paper and encased in cellophane or vinyl. This one contains a rayon ribbon wrapped metal "horseshoe," plus a variety of plant seeds, including an unknown species of brassica, a piece of white quartz (Piedra de Ara), a fragment of lodestone (Piedra Iman), and a black and white photocopy image of a mustached man in a black suit sitting on a chair out of doors. This is the Mayan underworld god Maximon, also called Saint Simon or Simon-Judas. The package is finished off with a covering of clear vinyl film. Designed to attract good fortune and ward off evil, it the Guatemalan equivalent of Central and South American Charm Vials and African-American conjure bags or mojo hands. Here are all the illustrated package amulet pages in the Archive:

Latin American package amulets, general information

Guatemalan package amulet: miniature horseshoe with print of Maximon

Guatemalan package amulet: miniature pillow with print of Maximon

Mexican package amulet: miniature horseshoe with print of San Martin Caballero

Mexican package amulet: El Secreto de la Virtuosa Herradura

Mexican package amulet: saint wallet

Mexican package amulet: three coins, Holy Trinity, and the Seven African Powers

Mexican package amulet: stuffed bag with print of San Martin Caballero

Peruvian package amulet: collage of magical items

Peruvian package amulet: metal saints, broom, and Ormosia seed

post-modern package amulet: matchbox shrine

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