@professor.hashbrown, This carved and painted wooden figure represents the goddess Vasurimala. This fiercely protective guardian image once stood at the entrance to a temple in southwestern India. Vasurimala is worshipped for protection from illness, especially smallpox. The stance conveys her power; the scythe, her protection; and the container in her hand could hold either medicine or a lamp.

@icebergahead well I was wrong. That sounds like a lady not to be messed with!

@professor.hashbrown, indeed.