Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Devi

Round disc with a dark, smudged figure and a fat hanging loop.

This plaque amulet depicting Devi is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India. It is coin silver. Amulets showing a deity are generally worn for protection and blessing, and the image is chosen to match the devotion of the wearer. Circular pale grey pendant with a broad, folded loop at the top. A dark, shadowy figure with flared sides occupies the centre, and the surface is smoothly worn and slightly dented. It is 0.75 inches long and 1.25 high.

Soft-edged, well worn and quietly mysterious.