Talk:Skull cup

The following assertion would be more encyclopedic if it were illustrated by an example, even using a quote: "For monks in certain monestaries, skull cups were derived from given saints. Healing brews were often put into these skull cups and given to very ill monks." --Wetman 03:38, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How do they do it?

Wouldn't the drink just come out the eye holes? 66.63.86.156 (talk) 18:48, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, because they are lined - and also are usually rather shallow - just the the skullcap is used. Most of the Tibetan ones I have seen have been lined in either silver or gold. Hope that helps, John Hill (talk) 22:33, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just a small remark: There has to be a direct link to Byron's poem. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.26.55.249 (talk) 00:56, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is an earlier reference to skull cups in Chinese history: According to Sima Qian's Shiji, (in Chapter 86, the Biographies of Assassins, specifically the biography of Yu Rang), during the Partition of Jin 知伯 (the head of the Zhi clan, probably referring to Zhi Xiangzi in the other article) after being defeated by 赵襄子 (Zhao Xiangzi definitely) had his head "lacquered and made into a drinking vessel". This occurred at roughly 455 BC, which is rather before the 177 BC event listed.--173.71.198.110 (talk) 21:25, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So thirsty... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.231.141.150 (talk) 05:27, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]