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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Project / Collection Lama Mani: the texts and narrative thangkas of India’s exiled Tibetan storytellers Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1016/5

1. EAP1016/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/5
Title:
The collection of Pema Wangdu [Late 19th century-Late 20th century]
Scope & Content:
The collection of Pema Wangdu in Miao, Arunachal Pradesh, India. A collection of old Lama Mani texts and thangkas and a brass pointer inherited from his teacher. Extent and format of original material: Three Series. This Fonds contains the following 3 Series: EAP1016/5/1: Objects [Late 19th ce...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable and Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Late 20th century
Extent:
662 TIFF images

2. EAP1016/5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/5/1
Title:
Objects [Late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
Extent and format of original material: One Item. This Series contains the following 1 Files: EAP1016/5/1/1: A brass pointer [Late 19th century].
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

3. EAP1016/5/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/5/1/1
Title:
A brass pointer [Late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A brass pointer. Pointers are used by Lama Manipas to indicate key scenes depicted on the narrative thangka of the story being recounted. 90 cm long, decorated with two small bells attached to the shaft of the pointer with cloth. Chak Dhar. ལྕགས་མདའ (Wylie lcags mda') Pema Wangdu suggests that t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

4. EAP1016/5/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/5/2
Title:
Thangkas [Late 19th century-Late 20th century]
Scope & Content:
Extent and format of original material: Seven items. This Series contains the following 7 Files: EAP1016/5/2/1: A narrative thangka illustrating the story of the delok [Late 19th century] EAP1016/5/2/2: A thangka illustrating the story of Avalokiteśvara [Late 19th century] EAP1016/5/2/3: A than...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Late 20th century
Extent:
78 TIFF images

5. EAP1016/5/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/5/2/1
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of the delok [Late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of the delok (Wylie 'das log) Karma Wangzin (Wylie Karma dbang 'dzin). Delok stories are key texts for Lama Manipa and illustrate the prinicples of karma and Buddhist concepts of death and reincarnation. The thangka depicts the judgement of the dead and...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
9 TIFF images

6. EAP1016/5/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/5/2/2
Title:
A thangka illustrating the story of Avalokiteśvara [Late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A thangka illustrating the story of Avalokiteśvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, known to Tibetans as Chenrezig (Wylie spyan ras gzigs). The painting shows a few simple scenes of fishing and the killing of animals as well as a small scene depicting hell in the bottom left corner. Size includin...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
12 TIFF images

7. EAP1016/5/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/5/2/3
Title:
A thangka illustrating the story of Avalokiteśvara [Early 20th century]
Scope & Content:
A thangka illustrating the story of Avalokiteśvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, known to Tibetans as Chenrezig (Wylie spyan ras gzigs). The painting shows a few simple scenes of the killing of animals as well as a small scene depicting hell and the judgment of the dead in the bottom left corn...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
15 TIFF images

8. EAP1016/5/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/5/2/4
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Nyima Dawa [Late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Nyima Dawa. Size including the cloth surround 52 x 93 cm. Image (melong) size 47 x 70cm. . Creation dates: Actual date unknown. Perhaps late 19th century. Date suggested by current owner. Custodial history: An item probably originating from the Pema...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
11 TIFF images

9. EAP1016/5/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/5/2/5
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Metok Seldon [Late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Metok Seldon. Size including the cloth surround 46-50 x 76cm. Image (melong) size 36 x 51cm. . Creation dates: Actual date unknown. Perhaps late 19th century. Date suggested by current owner. Custodial history: An item probably originating from the ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
8 TIFF images

10. EAP1016/5/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/5/2/6
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of king Yuna Ralpa [Late 20th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of king Yuna Ralpa (Wylie chos rgyal g.yu sna ral pa). Size including the cloth surround 60 x 107 cm. Image (melong) size 51 x 77 cm. . Creation dates: Late 20th century. Painted by a friend of Pema Wangdu the manipa and current owner about 40 years ago...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
9 TIFF images

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