Gilt statuette overlaid and bejeweled with a range of semiprecious stones (possibly lapis lazuli, turquoise). Note the cavities and loss of stones in the proper right armband. Durga as Slayer of the Buffalo Demon Mahishasura, Nepal, 14th–15th century, H. 22.2 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of Alice and Nasli M. Heeramaneck, 1986, inv. 1986.498).