Beneath the lake of Lerna in Ancient Greece, was an entrance to the underworld. Within this lake lived a 9 headed, gigantic serpent like monster that both guarded the entrance to the realm of Hades ...

The double-headed serpent is fashioned of a multitude of tiny turquoise stones along with conch and Spondylus shells, glued with copal and pine resin onto a cedarwood base gilded on its backside.