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☛ KAPALA: BRIEF INTRODUCTION
For containing blood in tantric ritual. Held by Kali and other manifestations of Shiva Sakti, by Mahakala and other guardian deities and their Dankinis. Kapala is made of severed head of a man or the cup made of a skull, or a bowl. The skull cup is of two kinds, when it is filled with blood it is called Asrkkapala, and when with flesh it is called Mamsa kapala. It is used inTantric ritual. The deities are appeared to partake of the blood or the flesh of the demon carried in these cups.

☛ FINISHING: PARTLY GOLD PLATED EXTRA GOLD
This is partly fire Gold Gilded statue of Kapala. The gold is gilded by the ancient process of gold gilding using amalgam Gold. This process of Gold gilding is known as Mercury Gold Gilding (पारा Pārā सुन Suna जलप Jalap), Fire Gilding, or Fire gold plating(In Nepal). Gold gilded by this process is very good for the copper statues, as the statue gilded by this process will retain the gold for a very long time. Gold Gilded by this process is comparatively expensive to the modern electrochemical plating but due to its durability, it is still a preferred choice for many collectors and practitioners alike.
Here Gold is applied on the body or the unmasked skin of the Kapala statue, Golden color representing the skin color of Kapala statue, and the color is painted on the cloth of Kapala statue representing the color of the traditional robe worn by Buddhist monks. this is the ideal form of the statute for practitioners as this statute follows all the regulations required by the monastery.
Also, this Kapala statue has gold gilding on the shawl, and base of the statue. This extra gold plating is popularly known as (Ga Cho Lu), which means gold on the shawl.