Item: Mahakala (Buddhist Protector) - (4 face - 16 hands)

Mahakala, with four faces and sixteen arms.

The Glorious Sovereign Tantra of Mahākāla, Chapter 7. From the 84000 Translating the Words of the Buddha.

"...his four faces are like space, and he has been generated from the syllable hūṁ. His main face is black, his left is blue-black, his right is red, and the face behind is that of a buffalo. His fangs are bared, he is terrifying, and he bellows powerfully with a fearsome sound. He terrifies even the terrifying. His beard is yellow, and his yellow hair flows upward. Each face has three eyes and hair that rises upward. He is radiant and is wrapped with the nāga Takṣaka. He has four legs and stands atop a buffalo.

7.­25 “He has sixteen arms. The first pair of arms embrace the goddess, and he stands with his right legs forward, trampling the four māras. [F.53.b] The second hand on the right holds a hooked knife, and the third holds a hammer; the fourth holds a white fly whisk, the fifth holds Yama’s staff, the sixth holds a vajra, the seventh holds Vināyaka’s tusks, and the eighth holds an elephant hide. The second hand on the left holds a skull bowl full of blood, the third holds a trident, the fourth holds a small drum, the fifth holds a vajra, the sixth holds a bell, the seventh holds the head of a buffalo, and the eighth holds an elephant hide.

7.­26 “His belly hangs down, he wears a tiger skin around his waist, and Kulika adorns his shoulder. He is draped with a long necklace that is a garland of severed heads. His waist, neck, and the like are adorned with Nanda,80 Vāsuki, and the rest, and he is ornamented with all manner of nāgas. He is surrounded by eight ḍākinīs who venerate him while trampling Nārāyaṇa and the rest underfoot."