Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Language: Tibetan - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/3
Title:: རྡོ་རྗེ་ and དྲིལ་བུ
Scope & Content:: A modern vajra / dorje and bell. A ritual object and musical instrument used together in tantric rituals. Extent: One vajra / dorje and bell. Size and dimensions of original material: Bell is 14 cm long and 6.5 cm across. Vajra is 9.5 x 3 x 3 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition. C...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 20th century
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/4
Title:: རྐང་གླིང
Scope & Content:: A human thighbone trumpet and case. The wide end of the thighbone is covered in leather, the shaft bound in string and brass, the mouthpiece also in brass. A musical instrument for use in tantric rituals, An attached cloth once of five colours, now ragged and dirty with age and usage. The case is...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Mid 19th century
Extent:: 2

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/5
Title:: ཌ་མ་རུ
Scope & Content:: A damaru / swivel drum. A musical instrument for use in tantric rituals. Extent: One swivel drum. Size and dimensions of original material: 10 x 10 x 6 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition. Custodial history: The older material has been handed down from father to son for at least f...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 20th century
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/6
Title:: སྦུབས་ཆལ།
Scope & Content:: A pair of brass cymbals. A musical instrument for use in tantric rituals. Extent: One pair of modern brass cymbals. Size and dimensions of original material: 27 cm across and 5 cm deep. Condition of original material: Good condition. Custodial history: The older material has been handed down fr...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 20th century
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/7
Title:: ཀ་པ་ལི
Scope & Content:: A tantric ritual vessel made from the top of a human cranium, with a brass cover lid and brass bowl. Extent: One human skull cup, one brass lid and one brass bowl. Size and dimensions of original material: Kapali is 4.5.x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Lid is 5 x 4 x 1.5, Bowl in 9 cm acroos and 3.5 cm deep. Con...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Mid 19th century
Extent:: 1

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