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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Project / Collection Culturally-Tibetan Household Archives of Spiti Subject Folklore

1. EAP1221/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/8
Title:
Nyima Dorje Collection
Scope & Content:
The household collection of Nyima Dorje. A collection of ritual texts and ritual artefacts.Custodial history: All the material was passed to the current owner by his father. Nyima Dorje is not a practising chowa but his father, grandfather and great grandfather were well established and well resp...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
1800-2023
Extent:
600

2. EAP1221/8/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/8/2
Title:
Ritual artefacts
Scope & Content:
A series of three ritual artefacts.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
1800-2023
Extent:
19

3. EAP1221/8/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/8/2/1
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང་
Scope & Content:
A wooden dough mould (Tib. དཔར་ཤིང་ Wylie. dpar shing, sometimes called Zan Par, though this term seems not to be used in Spiti). These moulds are used to make impressions of figures and symbols into dough offerings used in tantric rituals. The spectrum of carvings on these dough moulds include h...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
16

4. EAP1221/21

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/21
Title:
Tenzin Chhoephel Collection
Scope & Content:
The household collection of Tenzin Chhoephel. A collection of ritual texts and artefacts. Custodial history: The older material has been handed down from father to son for at least four generations. Arrangement: All the material is stored in the prayer room (not seen) and was brought out to be me...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
1800-2023
Extent:
514

5. EAP1221/21/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/21/2
Title:
Ritual artefacts
Scope & Content:
A series of nine ritual artefacts.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
1800-2023
Extent:
74

6. EAP1221/21/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/21/2/2
Title:
Two horns
Scope & Content:
Two animal horns. According to the owner, these are the horns of mythical creatures. Both coming from the realm of the nagas and originally from Tibet. Two rare and special objects, used for rituals and blessings. The twisted black horn, covered in leather, the horn of a "water horse" (water unic...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
12

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