Antique Burmese wood carved spirit Nats

Description

This antique Burmese spirit Deva Nats wood figure was  from 19th Century Mandalay period of Burma. It is an excellent hand carved of teak wood and red color painted. It is size 30 inches Tall with including square black base
Deva refers to a class of beings or a path of the six paths of the incarnation cycle. It includes some very different types of beings which can be ranked hierarchically according to the merits they have accumulated over lifetimes. The lowest classes of these beings are closer in their nature to human beings than to the higher classes of deva. Devas can be degraded to humans or the beings in the three evil paths once they have consumed their merits.
It is an original , rare , and good condition as seem in pictures.