It's one of the statues out of Super Metroid 3 which is like my favourite Snes game ever. I think they were called Chronos? It's been about 10 years since I played it :)
Ah - theyre called chozo statues. Im a Super Metroid fan. And had a terrible urge to play through Maridia this morning.
Wow, its been ten years since I first played it...