The corno, Italian horn amulet. These long, gently twisted horn-shaped amulets are worn in Italy to protect against the evil eye. Corni are usually carved out of red coral or made of gold or silver. The type of horn they are intended to copy is not a curled-over sheep horn or goat horn but rather like the twisted horn of an African eland or something similar. Over the years they have become rather stylized and now look less like a natural animal horn than they once did. A regionally popular amulet, they are primarily found in Italy and in America among descendents of Italian immigrants. You can buy corni at any Italian jewelry store in New York to this day. The ones portrayed in the picture are made of red plastic.