Also known as: Gris-gris, Fetish amulet, Protective amulet
Last updated: April 23, 2026
Gris-gris are protective or empowered objects worn, carried, or hidden on the body. In the Saint-Domingue archive they appear as amulets made from herbs, bone, hair, cloth, written formulae, or other charged materials, usually described in contemptuous colonial language but tied to real systems of protection, healing, and power.
François Mackandal
Gris Gris
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