Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Durga on Lion

Small arched panel with a rider and a very crowded sky of tiny marks.

This plaque amulet depicting Durga on a lion is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India. It is coin silver. Coin silver, an alloy of silver with a little copper, was widely used for jewelry in Rajasthan, where silversmiths have long worked in the metal. Upright plaque with a pointed shoulder and a ridged frame of fine hatch marks. A tall figure rises behind an animal with lowered head, and small dots and strokes ornament the arch overhead. It is 0.6 inches long and 0.8 high.

Everything fits, mostly because nothing was left out.