Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Durga As Beast-Slayer

Durga rides her lion at full stride, each hand busy with a weapon.

This plaque amulet depicting Durga as beast-slayer is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India, in coin silver. Durga is generally worshipped as the warrior form of the goddess who defeats the buffalo demon Mahishasura, and small silver plaques of deities were long worn in Rajasthan for protection and devotion. Within a house-shaped plaque, the goddess sits astride a striding lion, holding an axe, a cup, a sword and other attributes. A sturdy loop at the top takes a cord. It is 2 inches long, 0.3 deep and 2.3 high.

Small enough for a pocket, and fierce enough for anything.