Magatama
Ornament characteristic of the prehistory and the protohistoire of the Japan in form of hook bored (or comma, or 9) generally manufactured in Amber, stone, Jade or even in Glass. One allots magic characteristics to this object, a such amulet. They would shelter also the heart of large warriors died in the combat.
One discovered some as of the end of the Jômon (, jômon jidai ) and in the Kofun ().
The magatama (or) are still carried in collar by priestesses Shintô () of Okinawa () during the ceremonies.
The most famous magatama is Yasakani No magatama () and belonged to the imperial Trésor of Japan.
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