mewtwo Posted March 10, 2014 So I was gifted a Tibetan skull cup and I was told it was real skull. But I am curious as to if it is and such. Any way to tell? The one I have is metal on the inside and has little skulls around the outside edge. The outside looks like wood and has detailed designs carved in it. Thanks Any info appreciated. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mewtwo Posted March 10, 2014 I did it told me its name is scully and said something about being in the FBI. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unseen_Abilities Posted March 10, 2014 If you can, can you post a picture? I won't be able to tell if it's a real Skull, but I'd like to see it anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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mewtwo Posted March 10, 2014 (edited) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B29mJqdkDk0JMG1iZE9JVERJcEU/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B29mJqdkDk0JWF9YVElwNXRCUkk/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B29mJqdkDk0JbXJqSmFxYXdJSm8/edit?usp=sharing Edited March 10, 2014 by mewtwo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BaguaKicksAss Posted March 10, 2014 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B29mJqdkDk0JMG1iZE9JVERJcEU/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B29mJqdkDk0JWF9YVElwNXRCUkk/edit?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B29mJqdkDk0JbXJqSmFxYXdJSm8/edit?usp=sharing With that particular shape, it could easily be an animal skull. Well that and the skull decorations around it make me suspicious. I've never seen a legit one like that before... and not the standard decorating style as far as I know. A taxidermist would likely be able to tell you. How come *my* friends don't give me old tibetan skulls? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted March 10, 2014 I used to sell them and other stuff for Importers. 15 years ago they were an illegal export ... for some reason the pics wont open for me, so I dont know what you mean by 'wood on the outside' ? Lined with metal is common . Sure it could be smuggled .... or could have been taken out the country a long long time ago. On odds I would doubt it. Depend on shape and dimensions as well. Most other bone artifacts are yak bone. Does it make a difference? What are you going to use it for? If its just a show piece then just declare it is human and perpetuate its myth ... in some places holding human artifacts is illegal . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted March 10, 2014 Jeez, I thought it was a colorful knitted 'skull' cap and that 'real skull' was a euphemism. Huh, its not, a tibetan skull cap is a decorated metalized human skull! WTF. What do you drink out of it, spring water.. blood?? One more reason to avoid tibet and the crazed head hunters that roam there. mostly kidding. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BaguaKicksAss Posted March 10, 2014 I used to sell them and other stuff for Importers. 15 years ago they were an illegal export ... for some reason the pics wont open for me, so I dont know what you mean by 'wood on the outside' ? Lined with metal is common . Sure it could be smuggled .... or could have been taken out the country a long long time ago. On odds I would doubt it. Depend on shape and dimensions as well. Most other bone artifacts are yak bone. Does it make a difference? What are you going to use it for? If its just a show piece then just declare it is human and perpetuate its myth ... in some places holding human artifacts is illegal . Owning human skulls is perfectly legal in mewtwo's location . Nungali that definitely sounds like a fun job! I've heard some interesting stories about folks getting ngangas from one country to another just fine..... Jeez, I thought it was a colorful knitted 'skull' cap and that 'real skull' was a euphemism. Huh, its not, a tibetan skull cap is a decorated metalized human skull! WTF. What do you drink out of it, spring water.. blood?? One more reason to avoid tibet and the crazed head hunters that roam there. mostly kidding. As I understand it such items are taken from honoured folks *after* they die. Same with the skull bead necklaces. PS this is what some of the fancy full skull ones look like! Hmmm found this on some website: This is a ritual bowl made out of the top of a human skull. Yes, that’s right. While illegal, untold numbers of these made it through Customs among the mountains of other strangeness. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralis Posted March 10, 2014 Wild yogis playing kanglings (human thigh bone trumpets) and I imagine a few damarus made from human skulls. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralis Posted March 10, 2014 I believe this company has authentic items. http://www.garudashop.com/default.asp 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted March 11, 2014 A friend of mine is v.tall and has v,long legs ... once she went to a see a Tibetan visiting lama. He was talking to her and then noticed her legs ... "Oh ... very nice legs." Her (surprised) " Well, thank you... I think ... but aren't you a monk." Him (laughs) " No no .... good for trumpet." She hadnt known about the bone thing previously ... made her 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted March 11, 2014 You test it by poking it with a needle heated red hot. If it smells like barbecue, it's real. If it smells like plastic, it's plastic. The same method is used for amber -- and that's why a gift of an "amber skull" went on a garage sale in my household instead of on the altar. Except with amber you sniff for pine resin, not barbecue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BaguaKicksAss Posted March 11, 2014 You test it by poking it with a needle heated red hot. If it smells like barbecue, it's real. If it smells like plastic, it's plastic. The same method is used for amber -- and that's why a gift of an "amber skull" went on a garage sale in my household instead of on the altar. Except with amber you sniff for pine resin, not barbecue. Lots of the "human skull" items are often bones from other animals though . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) Lots of the "human skull" items are often bones from other animals though . Really? I didn't know that. The human skull has a rather distinct structure though, didn't know it's that easy to fake. Not impossible, but wouldn't it require more labor and expertise than procuring a real one? Among the most unforgettable things I saw in Lima, Peru, at the Franciscan monastery was a whole bunch of large round pits in the catacombs, each filled with either human skulls -- a layer ten meters deep -- or with the thigh bones (both a favorite of the Skull and Bones society that supplies so many overlords to this country), arranged in concentric circles. The guide proclaimed, very rapidly, that these have no significance whatsoever and were collected and arranged like that for no reason at all. I'm not kidding. That monastery had other unforgettable stuff -- e.g. the monks' dining hall is adorned with a huge painting (from circa the 17th century if memory serves) depicting the Last Supper, with Jesus and the apostles drinking ayahuasca. Oh, and eating a roast guinea pig. Edited March 11, 2014 by Taomeow 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BaguaKicksAss Posted March 11, 2014 Really? I didn't know that. The human skull has a rather distinct structure though, didn't know it's that easy to fake. Not impossible, but wouldn't it require more labor and expertise than procuring a real one? Among the most unforgettable things I saw in Lima, Peru, at the Franciscan monastery was a whole bunch of large round pits in the catacombs, each filled with either human skulls -- a layer ten meters deep -- or with the thigh bones (both a favorite of the Skull and Bones society that supplies so many overlords to this country), arranged in concentric circles. The guide proclaimed, very rapidly, that these have no significance whatsoever and were collected and arranged like that for no reason at all. I'm not kidding. That monastery had other unforgettable stuff -- e.g. the monks' dining hall is adorned with a huge painting (from circa the 17th century if memory serves) depicting the Last Supper, with Jesus and the apostles drinking ayahuasca. Oh, and eating a roast guinea pig. I meant skull caps and malas being not real human bone. A full skull is much more difficult to fake; those are usually made of plaster... Jesus drinking ayahuasca?! Wow! lol 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted March 11, 2014 No ... no reason at all .... it was just a ...... .... whim Aside: A friend told me about this amazing old place she visited in Africa made from a strange marron russet coloured mud brick, She asked about it and was told the bricks were made with the earth of that land mixed with the blood of the invaders that tried to take it . 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted March 11, 2014 What do you drink out of it, spring water.. blood?? Depends on the ritual or 'degree' .... poppy heads soaked in blood, Anhalonium lewenii , .... a nice little stew from your own gizzards and brain matter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted March 11, 2014 Human bone bead apron ... some are made of human skin and bone. Aside from magical implications one should consider the traditional form of burial in Tiibet, and due to its extreme location and isolation the need to be very good at 'recycling'. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) To say nothing of their intimate ties with the occultist Nazis. (rapidly closing this particular can of worms. Slam.) Edited March 11, 2014 by Taomeow 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BaguaKicksAss Posted March 11, 2014 No ... no reason at all .... it was just a ...... .... whim Aside: A friend told me about this amazing old place she visited in Africa made from a strange marron russet coloured mud brick, She asked about it and was told the bricks were made with the earth of that land mixed with the blood of the invaders that tried to take it . Ohhhh, building plans for my future off the grid home, thank you Nungali! . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BaguaKicksAss Posted March 11, 2014 https://www.boneroom.com/welcome.aspx?c=534&n=RealHumanBones 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) " We like to point out that everyone has one, ours are just a bit more exposed! " Hmmmmm .... maybe the 'its illegal in your country' is a sales pitch for the replica yak bone stuff Edited March 12, 2014 by Nungali 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
