Sino-Tibetan kila or ritual phurba dagger - hilt embellished with the three-headed meditation deity Vajrakila, a half-vajra projects from Vajrakila's chignon, and a fully elaborated vajra serves as the hilt, below which projects makara's head, with snakes crawling out of its mouth over the facets of the triangular blade, fitting triangular stand with lotus and snake ornaments, brass cast and paint,L.c.22cm