Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Hoi Mata

Three figures in flared skirts, horns or crowns raised, holding hands.

This plaque amulet depicting Hoi Mata is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India, in coin silver. Hoi Mata is a mother goddess widely worshipped in North India, commonly associated with protecting children, and she appears on many small folk amulets. The figures stand frontally in a tight row, their skirts pleated in fine vertical lines and their headdresses spiked. A beaded border runs inside the square, with round bosses at each corner. Twin tall loops rise from the top. It is 1.5 inches long and 2 high.

Protection arrives in triplicate.