Traditional cloth scroll paintings (thangkas). Buchen thangkas are primarily narrative, visually telling / illustrating key scenes from edifying stories of saints and Deloks. One thangka
མཁའ་འགྲོའི་བུ་མོ་འགྲོ་བ་བཟང་མོ༏ Drowa Zangmo Thankga Late 20th century
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New Thangka of Drowa Zangmo…1390 x 888 mm. Melong size 785 x 555mm. One thangka The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house.
Charm Box: Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Early 20th century
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A fine copper charm box, 142 x 100 and 58 mm deep. Finely worked silver front, complete with embroidered waist strap. Window has an image of the protector deity Tamdin. One charm box The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of...
Dagger: Dorje Phorba (Wylie rdo rje phur pa) རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ Late 20th century
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Painted Three headed (wrathful faced) iron dagger, the blade is also engraved with serpent design. 218mm long. One dagger The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the...
Swords: Ralti (Wylie ral gri) རལ་གྲི Late 19th century
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One unmatched pair of simple iron swords, approx 800 mm long. One pair swords The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house.
Iron pointer: Chak Dhar (Wylie lcags mda'') ལྕགས་མདའ Late 19th century
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A twisted iron pointer with plain wooden handle decorated with multicolored silk and cotton attachment. 724mm. One iron pointer The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept with...
Bell: Drilbu (Wylie dril bu) དྲིལ་བུ Late 20th century
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A new brass and iron bell, 180 mm long. One Bell The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house.
Conch shell chest ornament: Tonka (Wylie thong ga) ཐོང་ག Late 19th century
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A conch shell waistcoat, made up of four pieces (one broken) of carved conch shell, two approx 80 mm square, one 70 mm square and one 75 x 80 mm the centre of each marked with a small brass button or metal piece, joined together with woven thread and red cloth. One conch shell chest ornament Th...
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Mid 19th century
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An old clay statue of Tangtong Gyalpo, wrapped in a white Katak pierced with a brass headed irontrident headed skewer. Decorated with pearl, coral and turquoise necklace, five ruppe notes and and red embridered silk. Details in the face painted in gold (skin) and red (tongue and lips), black (ha...