Shaman’s Mask Formed And Carved From A Human Skull

MessageToEagle.com – Among many customs in Tibet none has attracted so much attention than the use of human skulls and other bones both for practical purposes and in religious ceremonies.

Many medieval travelers who visited Tibet during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries told weird stories about this tradition of Tibet.

Shaman's Mask Formed And Carved From A Human Skull
Shaman’s Mask Formed And Carved From A Human Skull

Some of these skull-cups are elaborately mounted and decorated, lined with brass or gilded copper.

This mostly unusual procedure is often very costly because of gold, silver, turquois and coral used for decoration of a skull.

Human skulls are decorated in semi-precious stones, glass, metal and formed to hand carved human skull cup.

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