Part of "Selection Box" installation, comprising: Amulet Selection Box; Oracle Bones; Deity Hooks; Sacred Arrows. "The amulet collection is encased in a domestic-looking many-folding sewing box, on its own plinth, open to view: it contents resonate with magical potential, demonstrating the power of objects to embody the investment of abstract powers: hope, belief, faith. The case draws on domestic tradition, enriching it with a new potency as a self-conscious housing for an extraordinary selection of objects. Amulets are not always chosen by the individual, but may be somehow invested with protective power, either transferred by the giver, on invested by the bearer. They exist in all known cultures, and their significance often derives from morphological echoes of the human body - shoe, cowrie shell, hand, or heart". [Dr. Ruth Richardson].