A charm or amulet, historically used for good luck.
 

A legitimate cultural artifact,  real raccoon baculum  have been used throughout the deep South – from Oklahoma and Texas to Appalachia– as amulets for luck in love and power in performance.

“Baculum” is Latin for “little rod” and many animals have baculum including seals, whales, foxes and bears; but, the raccoon bone is most coveted for love and power  because it is the largest in proportion to its body.

Gamblers wrap a bone in a ten dollar bill to carry to card games for luck.
 

Jazz musicians keep a mojo in a red pouch in the instrument case but never open the bag... they just rub it for good luck. When a blues singer sings that he “has his mojo  working,” he means he is going to be lucky in love.  If “his baby’s got a mojo,” it means he is going to be faithful to her – as he can’t resist her magic.

In some areas, the bones are worn hanging around the neck on a red ribbon or cord.
 

Colonial tailors made seam rippers out of sharpened raccoon bones and bones were found on the site of slave quarters at George Washington’s Mount Vernon where they were used as amulets because the practice of religion was forbidden.