About Kapalas

Traditionally fashioned from a human skull, the kapala or skull cup symbolises cutting through the identification with our body and its endless wants and needs by remembering death — impermanence. It can be seen in the iconography of many tantric deities and is usually held in the left "wisdom" hand at the level of the heart.

During tantric rituals, negative qualities such as hatred and greed are ‘cooked’ in the kapala, thus transforming them into nectar. This nectar in turn is offered to sentient beings as all the food, medicine and worldly and spiritual help they need.

• Material: White metal alloy
• Height: 170 mm (6.7-in)
• Diameter: 100 mm (3.9-in)
• Weight: 0.24 kg (0.5 lb)