Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Kali

Arms fanned out on both sides, round staring eyes and one foot planted on a reclining figure.

This plaque amulet depicting Kali is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India, in coin silver. Kali is the fierce form of the goddess, revered as a destroyer of evil, and her amulets are usually worn as a strong form of protection. Here she strides across a reclining figure, her many hands holding a trident, a cup, a sword and other implements. A crescent curves at the upper right. The darkened silver is framed by a beaded border on a leaf-shaped plaque, which narrows to a point below a plain loop bail. It is 2.5 inches high and 2 wide.

Small in the hand, and not at all small in presence.