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Washing powder named after "al-kaff", the magic hand
Washing powder named after "al-kaff", the magic hand ( Morocco, 2019 )
evil eye brands packaging purity magic symbols
Collection : protection & cure
Age/Era :
21st century

In Turkey, the "nazar boncuğu", the blue eye, believed to help ward off the "evil eye", can be found on a big variety of everyday objects such as chewing gum,  signs, or bags. In Morocco  the Hand Symbol "al-kaff" (also called "al-khamsa", the five) seems to be of comparable dispersion while I have not seen the blue eye ("al`ayn") yet at all. Around the mediterranean Hand as well as eye can be found.

  • Uploaded by : Alina Kokoschka| ©
    Alina Kokoschka
  • License :Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
  • Date :01/03/2019
  • Link :http://hawass.org/image/632