In America they would get a serial killer documentary and fanbase.
What part of the first one is the skull?
The bowl is half of a human skull, the implement itself is called a kapala the Sanskrit word for skull.
Interesting, thanks for the clarification. It was hard to tell because of the enamel.
I have heard that the serfs/slaves were not killed specifically to make those. I have not checked that claim. Can somebody weigh in on that?
Just logically speaking it makes sense. Why would you kill someone (who will eventually die anyway) in order to make stuff out of their body parts?
I don’t think anyone was intending to suggest these slaves were murdered specifically to make stuff out of their body parts, it’s more just that the fact that they made stuff out of slave body parts shows just how little regard they had for them. If you think of someone as a human you bury or cremate them, rather than carrying around their femur or whatever
Tibetan funerals actually involve feeding you to the birds. Which is not to say ‘turning your dead skull into a relic’ isn’t intended to be disrespectful.
Also… That “Femur Dharma instrument” sure looks like a whip. Whips made from slave bones aren’t a good look, Tibet.
idk that seems a bit prescriptive, i’m sure there are counter examples of like ancestor veneration, relics etc
There was judicial mutilation (eye removal, amputation). Not sure of the relationship with these ritual objects, fair question though
Relics and veneration are one thing, but according to the description these are from slaves and serfs, not exactly honored people in that society.
Was just responding to booty’s last sentence, not everybody buries or cremates (sometimes you keep a person’s bone because you like them)
In this case, yeah thats 100% serf
Content warning gore…
spoiler
Does anyone know if there is truth about the skinning of children?
There’s enough photos of children skins online to believe it. I haven’t read anything forensic but haven’t searched either, as to whether they were alive before and during the flaying.
Huh, I knew of human drums being used in Tibet, but where they came from wasn’t mentioned to me. I guess back then I just assumed they were made from dead monks.
