Religious Figure / Mahakala

Small cast copper domestic statue of two-armed Mahakala, an emanation or from the source of Vajrapani / Chan na dorje. He is in a protective pose lunging to the right standing on a human body. In his raised right hand he hold a dorje, his left hand stretch out to his knee holding a snare. He wears a snake around his neck and the ornaments of a protector, including a crown of skulls, above this flows his flaming hair. His mouth is fixed in a snarl and above his eyes are bushy eyebrows.