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A skull bracelet. Marked 925

Christoph Schwarz, Raphael Sadeler - Allegory of death / Description: Allegory of death, after Christoph Schwarz: a naked boy sitting with his right hand resting on a hourglass, a vase and a skull on the right; beyond, a funeral monument at right and wheat and flowers at left. The theme of the ears of corn and the few fallen grains around the skull are an equivalent of the ideas resurrection and expresses the idea that Man when dead and buried will be resurrected. The grains of corns create new plants. Within image: 'cum. grat. et privilegio S. C. M.' and 'Hodie mihi, cras tibi', and below: 'Cristoff Swarz pinxit, R. Sadeler scalpsit', with two lines of Latin inscription: 'Vita quid est hominis?... illa bonis brevis est'. Engraving made by: Raphael Sadeler I, after: Christoph Schwarz (1595-1592) / Dimensions: 15,00 x 10,40 cm / Condition: Good impression with a little wear to the plate. Good condition. / Literature: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (212) / Medium: Engraving /Circa: C.1580-1590 320

A skull bead necklace, A/F

A pair of Fallow deer (buck) antlers, on quarter skull mounted on a wooden shield.

A reproduction stained sabre tooth tiger skull, 37cm wide.

A reproduction infant animal skull, 10cm wide.

3 HEER PHOTOS & ALL ARE WEARING A PANZER WRAPPER W/ VISOR CAPS, skull collar tabs are clearly visible, 4” x 5 ½” – 2” x 21/2”, the middle size one is a new reprint, EXC.

1 HEER PHOTO POSTCARD SHOWING A MAN WEARING PANZER WRAPPER & AN OFF. M-42 CAP, also 3 large format photos, 1 of a man in a black wrapper wearing early style metal skull tabs, 1 wearing a wrapper & overseas cap & 1 w/ a visor which this photo is postwar, also 2 smaller head shots both wearing a black wrapper, VG. –

WW2 GERMAN WAFFEN-SS / POLICE LUGER PISTOL HOLSTER, black leather luger pistol holster with the original leather securing strap. Stripping tool pouch to the interior. Body of the holster stamped with issue markings ‘AWM’ over ‘8 11’. Stamped with a small Totenkopf skull. Belt loops to the reverse of the holster.

4 HEER PHOTO POSTCARDS & ALL ARE WEARING A BLACK PANZER WRAPPER, they also have on their black M-43 caps, their skull collar tabs are clearly visible, VG. – EXC.

A SET OF SIX FIDDLE AND SKULL PATTERN DESSERT SPOONS AND SIX DESSERT FORKS. French silver. Weight: 19ozs

A BRONZE WALKING STICK HANDLE "SKULL". 7cms.

Jewellery - a 925 silver mwetal mounted citrine heart pendant, Modernist silver coloured metal textured strapwork pendant necklace, Sunbusrt pendant, silver mounted glass pendant, Skull brooch, other French gilt Rose, pair of articulated fish etc.

Two Games Workshop Warhammer Battle For Skull Pass table top wargames, both unused in original boxes, missing rule book.

Games Workshop Warhammer Battle For Skull Pass table top wargame, unused in original box

West Yorkshire Regiment 1st Volunteer Battalion Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet 1881-1902. A fine example, the skull complete with silvered mounts, the frontal plate of crowned with laurel and Garter overlays, to the centre white horse with ‘Nec Aspera Terrent’ on red velvet ground, below title ‘The West Yorkshire Regiment’, with drop scroll ‘1st Volunteer Battalion’, complete with velvet backed chin chain, inner leather sweatband with crimson silk lining, very good condition £300-£400

Blues and Royals Officers 1871 Pattern Helmet and Breast Plates. A post-1953 example, the silvered skull complete with gilt metal overlays, the frontal Plate crowned rococo pattern silver beaded cut star with pierced Garter motto in gilt metal ground of blue and red enamel, with St George’s Cross, regulation pattern rose side ornaments and velvet lined chin chain. Standard pattern plume base and holder with red horse hair plume complete large rose finial and quilted lining; together with a pair of Officer’s Breast Plates, standard pattern in white medal trimmed with studded brass, complete with two leather lined straps, leather and fabric lining, some damage to the reverse commensurate with age and general wear and tear, the plume holder slightly bent, otherwise very good condition (lot) £1,200-£1,600 --- Please note that this lot is not suitable for shipping, but can be hand delivered within mainland Britain by prior arrangement.

Wiltshire Regiment Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet 1902-12. A good example, the skull complete with gilt mounts, the frontal plate of crowned with laurel and Garter overlays, to the centre gilt cross pate with silvered Cypher on black velvet ground, below title ‘The Wiltshire Regiment’, complete with velvet backed chin chain, inner leather sweatband with crimson silk lining with lapel A&N CSL London, very good condition £300-£400

Suffolk Regiment Officer’s Blue Cloth Helmet 1902-12. A good example, the skull complete with gilt mounts, the frontal plate of crowned with laurel and Garter overlays, to the Castle and key with ‘Gibraltar’ and ‘Montis Insignia Calpe’ on black velvet ground, below title ‘The Suffolk Regiment’, complete with velvet backed chin chain, inner leather sweatband with crimson silk lining, good condition £300-£400

‘Of course, I did not know this would be my last assignment in mines disposal work when I left the Admiralty before breakfast that morning and was carried by car to Hoxton. At the back of the minds of us who did this work was an acceptance that there probably would be a ‘last.’ In defence of our sanity, perhaps, to stop us leaping from the cars that carried us to each assignment, or maybe just in case we began to think ourselves heroes, we did not dwell on this probability. It was there. But suppressed. If and when the ‘last’ mine came … well it came. Several of our section had found it; some, less fortunate than I, did not live to tell the story. My ‘last’ buried me in rubble for several hours with my back broken and other injuries, and it kept me in plaster for the best part of a year.’ Lieutenant Jack Easton, G.C., R.N.V.R., as quoted in Wavy Navy: By Some Who Served. The outstanding ‘London Blitz’ G.C. group of seven awarded to Sub. Lieutenant J. M. C. Easton, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, a member of the Admiralty’s secretive Land Incident Section who was buried alive by the detonation of a parachute mine in London’s East End in October 1940. When eventually pulled from the debris, he was found to have suffered a fractured skull, a broken back and broken legs: his gallant assistant – Ordinary Seaman Bennett Southwell – was less fortunate, his decapitated body being discovered six weeks later Easton was no stranger to the nerve-wracking business of mine disposal, having earlier made safe 16 such devices, including one which had crashed through the roof of the Russell Hotel in Bloomsbury and ended up hanging from the chandelier in the main dining room: the grateful hotel owner presented Easton with a cheque for £140 - and an offer of Sunday lunch for his family for life - but both had to be rejected ‘as a matter of honour’ George Cross (Sub-Lieut. Jack Maynard Cholmondeley Easton, R.N.V.R. 23rd January, 1941.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1977, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, very fine (7) £80,000-£120,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- G.C. London Gazette 23 January 1941: ‘For great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty.’ Jack Maynard Cholmondeley Easton was born at Maidenhead, Berkshire on 28 May 1906 and was educated at Brighton College and Pangbourne Nautical College, prior to training as a solicitor and joining his grandfather’s law firm in the City of London. Understated designation: The Admiralty’s ‘Land Incident Section’ A keen sailor, Easton was a perfect candidate for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and attended the training establishment H.M.S. King Alfred at Hove, Sussex prior to being appointed a probationary Temporary Sub. Lieutenant in September 1940. As related in Wavy Navy: By Some Who Served, it was at King Alfred that he was one of twelve officers who volunteered for a secret mission: ‘I was, with others, to learn that, as far as the Navy was concerned, volunteering for anything is foolish vanity. Within eight hours of volunteering for this intriguingly phrased ‘secret mission’ I, with eleven brother officers, was reporting to H.M.S. Vernon, the gunnery and mines school at Portsmouth.’ Here, they discovered their pending fate, namely immediate membership of the Admiralty’s Land Incident Section and a crash course in mine disposal: ‘So many unexploded mines were sticking in the ground or hanging by their parachutes that the small, trained band of R.N. specialists engaged in rendering mines safe where they could be approached was unable to cope with the work. Somewhat grudgingly, perhaps out of consideration for our complete rawness or from an expert’s distrust of the amateur, the R.N.V.R. was being called in to share the Navy’s task.’ Easton continues: ‘There were many speculations as to why the mines had not exploded, even on contact. But that their mechanisms would start operating again to even the slightest movement or tap (as you might start a stopped watch by the gentlest finger-nail tap on its face glass) was something known. Our warning that the mine was alive again was the ticking of its mechanism, and when we heard that we knew we had a maximum of twelve seconds to get to safety. In certain situations, this time margin meant nothing … as it meant nothing to a Sub. Lieutenant who died while dismantling his first mine: no part of him was found, not even a uniform button or badge. He just disintegrated.’ Easton’s first mine was located at a farm in Norfolk, buried to half its length in a chicken run: ‘I confess to feeling very much alone in the world at that moment: the farmhouse was, of course, evacuated, and my police inspector, and his assistants had gone. We worked entirely alone on our tasks, for although each officer had the assistance of a trained rating, it was the ‘etiquette’ of the job to keep the rating out of the danger area until the real fang of the mine, the bomb fuse, had been drawn. So I was in that farmyard quite alone. I don’t think I have ever been so much alone in my life. Our instructor had not mentioned this, as he had not mentioned the queer chill at the base of the spine. I gave one last look at the empty world I inhabited, then got on my knees beside them mine and began scraping away the earth … ’ After careful digging to reach the fuse, he emerged triumphant, as he did from his next fifteen assignments. 12 seconds to live As cited above, however, disaster struck on 17 October 1940. Easton takes up the story: ‘It was, as I have said, in Hoxton in the East End of London. One morning before breakfast a car took me to the district. As usual, I was greeted by the A.R.P. authorities, and, with my rating [Ordinary Seaman Bennett Southwell] by my side, I listened to what information they had. A large area of tenement property had been evacuated and ‘Unexploded Bomb’ notices erected round it. The tenant of the house, a bit excited and self-important, described what he believed to be the position and size of the mine. Then, supplied with all available information, the rating and I set off down the drab street. Those solitary walks towards the location of a mine always reminded me of the last scenes in the pictures of Charlie Chaplin. I had the feeling that a vast audience was watching the way I walked. It had been a last scene for several men I knew, though such morbid thoughts were absent that day. I was looking for the house described. It was easily discovered for the mine had crashed through the roof and made a great ragged-edged hole, and the slates littered the street and pavement. It was the usual type of working class home in the East End of London, one of a continuous structure of two-storied, drab erections, more miserable than usual because of the stillness, the emptiness of the houses. Through the windows one saw the miserable interiors, the little proud possessions in ornaments, plants, enlarged and coloured photographs of soldier and sailor sons, the parlour luxuries of poor folk. There was a rigidity and pathos in the long rows of small homes. The shattered roof was an outrage, somehow. The front door was open and I entered a narrow hall. The thick dust here was familiar and eloquent to me now, and I moved cautiously, in case a too heavy footfall set the mine mechanism going again. The door on my...

AN UNUSUAL GOLD LOCKET CONTAINING A LOCK OF HAIR, DECORATED WITH ETCHED SKULL AND CROSSBONES, TOGETHER WITH A PAIR OF 9CT GOLD CUFFLINKS AND OTHER SMALL BITS OF COSTUME JEWELLERY. TOTAL GOLD WEIGHT 13GMS

A moulded resin buffalo skull and horns. H.70 W.58cm.

An African water buffalo skull and horns, 90cm wide

A SILVER AND DIAMOND SET SKULL PENDANT, Italian silver chain, 46cm long, complete with box.

Bronze pipe tamper in the form of a skull

CAPTAIN BRITAIN #21 (1977 - MARVEL UK) - GRADED 9.4 (NM) by CGC - Dated March 2nd - Appearances by Nick Fury, Red Skull and Captain America - Ron Wilson cover with Herb Trimpe and Fred Kida interior art - CGC 9.4 (NM) Off-White to White Pages - Presented Slabbed and Sealed

CAPTAIN BRITAIN #17 (1977 - MARVEL UK) - GRADED 9.2 (NM-) by CGC - Dated February 2nd - Captain Britain and Captain America battle the Red Skull - Ron Wilson cover with Herb Trimpe and Fred Kida interior art - CGC 9.2 (NM-) White Pages - Presented Slabbed and Sealed

TALES OF SUSPENSE #89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 96 (6 in Lot) - (1967 - MARVEL - US & UK Price Variant) - Includes the first cameo appearance of MODOK + appearances by the Melter, Red Skull, the Crusher, AIM & Titanium Man with cover art by Gene Colan, Gil Kane & Jack Kirby

A 925 sterling silver tribal skull pendant set with black stones, marked 925 for sterling silver to the verso, measures approx 3.5cm

A 925 sterling silver skull bracelet, measures approx 22cm in length.

A silver whistle in the form of a skull. 3.5 cm high.

James Bond Spectre (2015) Official Limited release IMAX poster showing an embossed skull on card stock, 13 x 19 inches and an Odeon poster, 11.5 x 16. 5 inches (2).

Anita Harris Large Skull "Scream", gold signed, 19cm high, 18cm wide.

BUTLER & WILSON - a Vintage gilt-metal rhinestone skull jewellery set, comprising snake cross pendant necklace, large hand brooch and pair of hoop earrings, pendant 10.5cm (3) Condition Report: Several stones missing from cross, otherwise no damage

BUTLER & WILSON - a Vintage rhinestone skull jewellery set, comprising necklace, bracelet and 3 rings Condition Report: Lot sold as seen unless specific item(s) requested

Antlers/Horns: Western Bongo Horns (Tragelaphus eurycerus eurycerus), Africa, a large set of adult Western Bongo horns on cut upper skull cap, right horn 69cm, left horn 69cm, tip to tip 33.5cm, height 75cm (unmounted)

Antlers/Horns: A Large Collection of European Roebuck Antlers (Capreolus capreolus), a collection of thirty five sets of adult and juvenile antlers on cut frontlets, mounted upon similar shaped shields, together with eighty five sets of adult and juvenile antlers on mostly cut skull caps, and frontlets, (unmounted), in two boxes

Marvel, DC and Independent Comic books: A group of 180 copper / modern age comic book issues.A collection of 180 American comic issues from popular American independent comic book publishers Marvel, DC Comics, Vertigo, Wildstorm, Image and others arranged alphabetically. Issues range with various ages, titles and publishers included. Some sequential runs included.Titles include: Batman and the Outsiders, The Marvel Tarot, Mister Miracle (Seven Soldiers), Nightwing, Ninjak, Old Man Logan, Outcast, Rat God, Red Skull, Robin, Sandman Mystery Theatre, Scalped, Shadowman, The Sixth Gun, Thors, Ultimate FF, Ultimate Iron Man, The Ultimates, The Uncanny Inhumans, Uncanny X-Force, The Wake, Winter Soldier, X-Force, X-Man and many others.Creators include: Ramon Villalobos, Chuck Dixon, Matt Kindt, Brian Michael Bendis, Robert Kirkman, Jamie Delano, Richard Corben, Matt Wagner, Jason Aaron, Scott Snyder, Sean Murphy, Brian K. Vaughn, Greg Capullo and many others.~(180 approx)Condition Report: Majority of issues in high-grade condition.

Captain America (Marvel) 70+ comics from 1967 onwards, No's 100-112, 114, 115, 118-135, 137, 146, 160-171, 176, 178, Specials & duplicates. Featuring many iconic covers, rare issues and sought after issues, this is a must for Captain America fans and comic collectors looking to start their runs of early and rare Captain America issues. A selection of more notable issues detailed below. Vast majority Cents copies. All complete with no coupons cut in approximately FN (6.0 condition).A small selection of Modern New Avengers (Marvel) 20+ comics from 2010 onwards. Nos 1-13, 19-20, 26-27, 50-60 and others.Captain America No 100. Cents copy, 1967. First issue, continued from Tales of Suspense 99. Origin of Captain America retold, as originally depicted in Avengers 4, in "This Monster Unmasked!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby. VG+ Condition / 4.5Captain America No 101. Cents copy, 1967. VG Condition / 4.0Captain America No 101. (2nd copy) Cents copy, 1967. G Condition / 2.5Captain America No 102. Cents copy, 1967. VG Condition / 4.0Captain America No 102. Cents copy, 1967. Iconic Red Skull cover. Jack Kirby Art. FN- Condition / 5.5Captain America No 104. Cents copy, 1968. VG+ Condition / 4.5Captain America No 105. Cents copy, 1968. FN condition / 6.0Captain America No 106. Cents copy, 1968. VG+ Condition / 4.5Captain America No 107. Cents copy, 1968. FN Condition / 6.0Captain America No 108. Cents copy, 1968. FN+ Condition / 6.5Captain America No 109. Cents copy, 1969. Origin of Captain America retold! Iconic cover and cover and key issue FN- Condition / 5.5Captain America No 109. (2nd copy) Cents copy, 1969. Origin of Captain America retold! Iconic cover and cover and key issue. G Condition / 2.5Captain America No 110. Cents copy, 1969. 1st app of Madam Hydra! Key issues and Iconic cover Jim Steranko Hulk cover! Excellent cover gloss. FN Condition / 6.0Captain America No 111. Cents copy, 1969. Another absolutely classic Jim Steranko cover! VG/FN Condition / 5.0Captain America No 112. Cents copy, 1969. Excellent cover gloss. FN/VF Condition / 7.0Captain America No 114. Cents copy, 1969. Iconic Red Skull Cosmic Cub cover, Stan Lee Story, Art by Sal Buscema, FN- Condition / 5.5Captain America No 118. Cents copy, 1969. 2nd appearance of The Falcon! Stan Lee Story, Art by Gene Colan, VG/FN Condition / 5.0(Approx 90+)Condition Report: Captain America No 100. Cents copy, 1967. First issue, continued from Tales of Suspense 99. Origin of Captain America retold, as originally depicted in Avengers 4, in "This Monster Unmasked!", script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby. VG+ Condition / 4.5Captain America No 101. Cents copy, 1967. VG Condition / 4.0Captain America No 101. (2nd copy) Cents copy, 1967. G Condition / 2.5Captain America No 102. Cents copy, 1967. VG Condition / 4.0Captain America No 102. Cents copy, 1967. Iconic Red Skull cover. Jack Kirby Art. FN- Condition / 5.5Captain America No 104. Cents copy, 1968. VG+ Condition / 4.5Captain America No 105. Cents copy, 1968. FN condition / 6.0Captain America No 106. Cents copy, 1968. VG+ Condition / 4.5Captain America No 107. Cents copy, 1968. FN Condition / 6.0Captain America No 108. Cents copy, 1968. FN+ Condition / 6.5Captain America No 109. Cents copy, 1969. Origin of Captain America retold! Iconic cover and cover and key issue FN- Condition / 5.5Captain America No 109. (2nd copy) Cents copy, 1969. Origin of Captain America retold! Iconic cover and cover and key issue. G Condition / 2.5Captain America No 110. Cents copy, 1969. 1st app of Madam Hydra! Key issues and Iconic cover Jim Steranko Hulk cover! Excellent cover gloss. FN Condition / 6.0Captain America No 111. Cents copy, 1969. Another absolutely classic Jim Steranko cover! VG/FN Condition / 5.0Captain America No 112. Cents copy, 1969. Excellent cover gloss. FN/VF Condition / 7.0Captain America No 114. Cents copy, 1969. Iconic Red Skull Cosmic Cub cover, Stan Lee Story, Art by Sal Buscema, FN- Condition / 5.5Captain America No 118. Cents copy, 1969. 2nd appearance of The Falcon! Stan Lee Story, Art by Gene Colan, VG/FN Condition / 5.0Vast majority Cents copies. All complete with no coupons cut in approximately FN (6.0 condition

Marvel Comics: A collection of 23 Captain America issues featuring 1st appearances of major Marvel comic book characters, noteworthy covers, and some others.This lot features:Captain America (1st series) Nos. 145, 164, 217 (1st appearance of Quasar), 218, 226, 233, 238-240, 241 (Captain America vs Punisher issue, sought after Frank Miller cover, 252, 259, 276 (1st full appearance of Helmut Zemo), 278, 284, 291, 292, 297, 383, Annual Nos. 5, 6.Captain America (2nd series): No. 25, Captain America (3rd series): No. 16 (1st appearance of Sin - Daughter of the Red Skull).All issues 1st prints, some copies pence copies, all others cents copies.Issues come bagged and boarded in new polypropylene bags and comic boards.~(23)

Two large white metal skull form men's rings, 41g

SET OF DEER ANTLERS, 20TH CENTURY eight points, with partial skull, on shield shape mount

Memento Mori - a cast metal model of a human skull, with articulated lower jaw, 9.5cm high

A Butler and Wilson fashion brooch as a sparkling cocktail glass, 11.5cm; others, Dancing Couple, London Bus, Union Flag, Cross Keyring, Panda pin brooch, Skull pendant, three Butler and Wilson pink boxes; a similar Salamander fashion brooch (8)

An amber coloured resin Skull, all over decorated with Celtic scrolls and motifs, approx. 13.5cm high

A First Period Worcester porcelain blue and white tea bowl and saucer, decorated in blue and white with flowers and insects, crescent mark, together with a Doulton Lambeth two tone stoneware and moulded salt, with a silver mount, a Victorian brass inkwell, and a vesta case modelled as a skull. (4)

Marvel comics. Five editions of Skull The Slayer, issues 4-8 inclusive, (Bronze Age).

A box of Eaglemoss Marvel Red Skull figurines from Captain America: The First Avenger.

WW2 German Badges: Black wound badge early painted brass with pin and catch, alloy Panzer collar skull marked GB38 no pins and army tri-colour tropical helmet shield. 3 items

Shepard FAIREY (Né en 1970) Glory of the Day of the dead skull HPM Red Pochoir, Acrylique, collage et sérigraphie sur papier, signé et numérotée. Edition de 10 exemplaires. 56 x 51 x 1 cm

Shepard FAIREY (Né en 1970) Glory of the Day of the dead skull HPM Red Pochoir, Acrylique, collage et sérigraphie sur papier, signé et numérotée. Edition de 3 exemplaires. 56 x 51 x 1 cm

Shepard FAIREY (Né en 1970) Glory of the Day of the dead skull HPM Blue Pochoir, Acrylique, collage et sérigraphie sur papier, signé et numérotée. Edition de 3 exemplaires. 56 x 51 x 1 cm

Ghost Train - A large 20th century fairground / funfair painted on old lorry canvas sign reading 'Ghost Train'. The lettering painted in red and white on black ground with central skull detailing. Measures approx. 109cm x 188cm. 

Melchior Kusel I (German, 1626-1683) after Johann Wilhelm Bauer (German, 1607-1642). Etching on paper titled "Allegory of Time and Old Age," plate 32 from "Iconographia Complectens In Se Passionen...," ca. 1670. Depicting an old man resting in the middle foreground under a tree. He holds an hourglass in hone hand and a cane in the other. Under his left foot is a skull. A partial watermark is visible along the center left edge. There is a collector's ink stamp "JN" along the verso.Height: 8 1/2 in x width: 8 3/4 in.Condition:The sheet is toned. There are scattered areas of foxing or toning throughout. There is a small tear along the upper right corner. Some wear along the edges. The sheet has been trimmed. Some wear and soiling to the verso. There are two pieces of tape affixed to the left edge of the verso. Some pencil inscriptions to the verso. The work is not framed.

A SKULL CAMEO AND DIAMOND PENDANT set with an oval shell cameo carved to depict a skull, within a border of round cut diamonds, stamped 18K, 5.7cm, 10.2g.

ERNEST NEUSCHUL (CZECH, 1895-1968) Still life with animal skull and potted plant, undated [circa mid 1950s], oil on canvas, signed 'EN' lower right, untitled, 50cm x 65cm, in a simple studio frame. Provenance: The family of the artist, by direct descent. *This lot may be subject to Droit de Suite (Artists Resale Right).

A pair of 7 point antlers and partial skull mounted on a shield shaped wall plaqueLocation:

A BRONZE SKULL

An imposing skull of a African buffalo, 20th C.Ca. 90 x 83 cm

Mounting: metal, red stone8 x 18 x 15 cmThe human skull caps, mounted in silver to form a cup known as a kapala (or ‘skull’ in Sanskrit), were used in Hindu and Buddhist tantric rituals