Hand-Carved Yak Bone Maha-Kala Button – Tibetan Buddhist Art

smallest and finest Maha kala yak bone carving button
this fine art and rare.

size 2 inches around

Hand carved for Himalayan region of Tibet.

Maha-kala is the menacing and powerful embodiment of the bodhisattva of compassion. Bodhisattvas are enlightened beings who have put off entering paradise in order to help others attain enlightenment, and so, Maha-kala is here to help! He is always depicted as an extremely fierce and terrifying deity