Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Devi

Black background, bright incised figure, and a loop wrapped in dark residue.

This plaque amulet depicting Devi is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India. It is coin silver. Plaque amulets are flat, usually pierced for a cord, and carry a single image in relief or engraving so that it can be worn close to the body. Peaked pendant with a dark, blackened field and lightly polished raised lines. A narrow figure with fine scratched detail and branching twigs on both sides stands above a fan-like skirt. It is 0.5 inches long and 1 high.

Dark and glinting, like a night sketch.