Kapala - skull cup small

A kapala - thod-pa, is an half skull, origine it was made of severed head of man or cup made of skull as a bowl. Used in Tantric rituals for having blood, it is decipted in hand of Kali an other manifestations of Shiva-Shakti, Mahaklai and Dakinis also have kapala in one of her hands. When Kapala contains blood, it is called Arak kapala and when it contains flesh it is called mamsa kapala, dieties take blodd or flesh filled in kalpalas. A ""Skull"" bowl with lid and base used in ritual offering. This kapala is in silver plate and gold raised design. The Kapala   in silver-copper gilded  number 3 from the photo is not availalbe.