This four-armed and three-eyed image represents the terrifying Brahmanical goddess Bhairavi (Tib.: Jigchema). She is said to be a good mother to good people but a terrifying one for evil ones. The upper right hand is held upwards, while the attribute originally held in the upper left hand, possibly an elephant hook (ankusha), is lost. The lower right hand holds a ritual chopper with a vajra handle (vajrakartrika), the lower left a skull-cup (kapala). Bhairavi is clad in the skin of an animal - variously identified in the texts as that of a leopard, tiger, or lion - tied around the hips with a snake. She wears the skin of an elephant fastened around her neck and hanging down her back.