Burmese Wooden Nat figure with Six Arms

Burmese Wooden Nat figure with Six Arms

AGE: – 19th Century
CONSTRUCTION: – Teak Wood
DESCRIPTION: – Burmese Teak Wood Nat Spirit Figure – Age-related wear, gild worn off in places and base has few cracks.
HEIGHT: – 69cm
WIDTH: – 30cm at the widest part
DEPTH: – 13cm
WEIGHT: – 3.5 kg.
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This Burmese Wooden Nat figure with six arms, wearing a military-style helmet and clothing of a high-ranking official and gilded is one of the characters referred to as Taungmagyi Nat or Maung Min shin nat, both nats appearing with six arms which are included in the pantheon of 37 nats approved by King Anawrahta of Pagan during his reign between 1044 and 1077 AD, which were included to co-exist alongside Buddhism in Myanmar.

Read more about the Taungmagyi Nat or Maung Min Shin Nat.