Tibetan Buddha / Hindu Figure & Statue partly gold plated with color painted head

Garuda is man bird, the mount of Vishnu. Garuda has a human body but has wings like a bird. Garuda´s images are also associated with snakes. He often found kneeling before Vishnu Shrines. He is the vehicles for Amogasiddhi. He is almost always represented as human, except for large wings which fold out from his shoulders.