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

281. EAP1221/13/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13/2/1
Title:
ཞ་མོ་
Scope & Content:
A chowa's hat, made from maroon (red brown) coloured silk and leather. Worn on specific ritual occasions, for example for a fire ceremony, but not for all ritual performances. Extent: One hat.Size and dimensions of original material: 28 x 30 cm. Condition of original material: Worn and creased t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2

282. EAP1221/13/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13/2/2
Title:
Metal artefact
Scope & Content:
Two metal objects joined by a metal chain: a file/scraper and a metal artefact containing five metals: gold, silver, iron, copper and brass. Powder produced from all five metals is added to ritual dough offerings (torma) in some ceremonies. Extent: One artefact. Size and dimensions of original m...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2

283. EAP1221/13/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13/2/3
Title:
མར་རྟགས ?
Scope & Content:
An animal bone "piping syringe", probably made from the lower leg bone of a sheep. The bone has a hole drilled in its end, and is filled with butter which is extruded with a stick "plunger", to create butter piping to decorate ritual dough offerings (torma). Extent: One animal bone piping syringe...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2

284. EAP1221/13/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13/2/4
Title:
ཏིང་ཤགས།
Scope & Content:
Tingshag. A pair of small hand cymbals joined together with a leather thong. Extent: One pair of small cymbals. Size and dimensions of original material: Each 7.2 cm in diameter 2 cm high. Arrangement: All the material is kept within the prayer room (not seen).
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2

285. EAP1221/13/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13/2/5
Title:
རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་བ།
Scope & Content:
Dorje phurba. A three side iron tantric dagger with attached cloth. Three heads of the protector deity Tamdrin (Hyagrypha) the wrathful manifestation of Avalokiteshvara. Extent: One dagger. Size and dimensions of original material: 23.5 cm long x 3 cm wide. Arrangement: All the material is kept ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
3

286. EAP1221/13/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13/2/6
Title:
རྐང་གླིང་།
Scope & Content:
A human thighbone trumpet. A common tantric artefact. Made, according to the owner, from the arm of a 25 year old woman. (it is usually the femur). Unusually this trumpet has a section of animal horn taped to the end. Extent: One human thighbone trumpet. Size and dimensions of original material:...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1

287. EAP1221/13/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13/2/7
Title:
དུང་།
Scope & Content:
Two small conches. Extent: Two conches. Size and dimensions of original material: One 15 cm x 8.5 cm, the other 7.5 cm x 5 cm. Arrangement: All the material is kept within the prayer room (not seen).
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2

288. EAP1221/13/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13/2/8
Title:
དུང་ཆོས་དང་རྡོ་རྗེ་གཟུངས་ཐག
Scope & Content:
A small conch shell, with miniature vajra and mantra thread, used together in rituals. Extent: One conch with vajra and mantra thread. Size and dimensions of original material: Conch is 7.5 cm x 5 cm. Vajra is 5,5 cm x 1,5 cm. Arrangement: All the material is kept within the prayer room (not seen...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1

289. EAP1221/13/2/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13/2/9
Title:
མེ་ལོང་།
Scope & Content:
A brass mirror and attached modern katak. Extent: One mirror and cloth. Size and dimensions of original material: 11.6 cm diameter and 0.5 cm deep. Arrangement: All the material is kept within the prayer room (not seen).
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2

290. EAP1221/13/2/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/13/2/10
Title:
རྡོ་རྗེ་དང་དྲིལ་བུ།
Scope & Content:
A bell and vajra / dorje. Two ritual items stored and used together. Extent: One bell and one vajra. Size and dimensions of original material: Bell is 17 cm x 9cm in diameter, the vajra 12 cm long x 2.5 cm wide. Arrangement: All the material is kept within the prayer room (not seen).
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1

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