Featured Indian Diety? Wooden, rough condition. Age?

Any thoughts on this piece? I figured I'd find a million on google image but actually haven't found similar. Obvious condition issues, but curious how hold this might be. Anyone know whether this figure has a specific name? Thanks for taking a look.

 

Here is a very similar figure in the Horniman Museum (although I think theirs is missing an arm), described as from India, depicting the god Vishnu -

https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/15.8.49/7/

 

Thank you for finding that! The description reads: "Wooden figure of God Vishnu as one of his ten avatars (incarnations), Ramachandra." But don't mention an age.

I wonder how old this might be. Obviously it's in rough shape, but it seems to have some age.

 

@Any Jewelry

 

An attractive figure from the south of India. Age is difficult, these are still made. My guess is 1930s-40s, but that is just a guess.

Ramachandra is one of the facets of Rama and the same as prince Rama from the Hindu epic Ramayana. (Hindu mythology and iconography is complicated.)
So Vishnu > Rama > Ramachandra, aka prince Rama.
He is a favourite in the Hindu world, together with his lovely wife Sita.

 

Thank you @2manybooks and @Any Jewelry for taking a look!

 

I did some digging on this one. I believe you're definitely looking at an Indian Hindu figure rather than a Native American/totem figure, and Virabhadra is a strong possibility.

The British Museum has documented Virabhadra figures showing him as a four-armed warrior deity carrying a sword, shield, bow and arrow. That combination is particularly interesting here because your figure has all four arms/hands intact and still retains the round shield, while the other hands look capable of originally holding separate attributes.

British Museum example:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1940-0716-29

Another documented Virabhadra with sword, shield, bow and arrows:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1923-0306-2

There's also a South Indian four-armed Shiva/guardian figure in the University of Michigan Museum of Art with weapons, shield, heavy chest jewelry, crown, wide eyes and prominent moustache, which gives another useful comparison for the general South Indian iconographic tradition:
https://umma.umich.edu/objects/shiva-standing-1978-2-116/

I wouldn't call yours definitively Virabhadra yet because identifying Hindu figures depends heavily on the attributes held in the individual hands, and some of yours appear to be missing.

Could you possibly post a clear picture of the underside/bottom of the pedestal? I'd really like to see whether there are any markings, labels, numbers, inscriptions or construction details down there. A good photo of the back would also help. Those may give us a better shot at determining where and when it was made.

 

I do collect Indian antiques but purposely don't collect anything painted because it's too easy to fake/age. Saying that I can rule out Mysore, the detail just isn't there. It isn't something I've come across in my collecting field.