[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Jewellery # Jewellery This amulet box or ‘jantar’ is of a type made and used by Newars in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. Like Tibetan amulet cases, jantars were used to contain prayers written on paper or other blessed objects believed to protect the wearer. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1700–1900 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-91-1911](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-91-1911) · Pramāṇa