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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Project / Collection Lama Mani: the texts and narrative thangkas of India’s exiled Tibetan storytellers

41. EAP1016/3/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/1/1
Title:
A brass pointer [Late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A brass pointer, square in cross section and with a mantra engraved on the shaft. 92 cm long, decorated with attachments including trinkets, small bells, a piece of red thread, a ring, and an image of the Buddha. Such pointers are used by Lama Manipas to indicate key scenes depicted on a narrati...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

42. EAP1016/3/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/1/2
Title:
A green, red and yellow hat [Mid 20th century]
Scope & Content:
A green, red and yellow hat approximately 26 x 21 cm on which is pinned a small badge with portrait of Urgyen Trinley Dorje, the 17th Karmapa as a child. (Urgyen Trinley Dorje is one of two individuals recognised as the 17th Karmapa).. Creation dates: Mid 20th centruy. Custodial history: An obj...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 20th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

43. EAP1016/3/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/1/3
Title:
A photocopy of a letter of recommendation for Buchen Gyurme [Late 20th century-Early 21st century]
Scope & Content:
A photocopy of a letter of recommendation for Buchen Gyurme (Wylie ’Gyur med) from the Department of Religion and Culture, Central Tibetan Administration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. It explains that Buchen Gyurme came from Shelkar (Dingri) in Tibet and travelled widely in Tibet, performing a...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 20th century-Early 21st century
Extent:
1 TIFF images

44. EAP1016/3/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/1/4
Title:
A brass pointer [Late 19th century-Late 20th century]
Scope & Content:
A brass pointer, round in cross section. 84 cm long, decorated with attachments including a zee stone and cheap jewellery: imitation pearl, coral, amber and turquoise. Such pointers are used by Lama Manipas to indicate key scenes depicted on a narrative thangka of the story being told. Chak Dhar...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Late 20th century
Extent:
3 TIFF images

45. EAP1016/3/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/1/5
Title:
A fine brass pointer [Late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A fine brass pointer, square in cross section. 75 cm long, decorated with numerous attachments including several small bells, a piece of animal fur, coral beads and pieces of turquoise. Such pointers are used by Lama Manipas to indicate key scenes depicted on a narrative thangka of the story bei...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

46. EAP1016/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/2
Title:
Thangkas [Mid 19th century-Late 20th century]
Scope & Content:
. Creation dates: The thangkas are almost always undated and without contact with the original owners, dates are necessarily approximate. Extent and format of original material: Fifteen Thangkas. This Series contains the following 15 Files: EAP1016/3/2/1: A narrative thangka illustrating the s...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 19th century-Late 20th century
Extent:
580 TIFF images

47. EAP1016/3/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/2/1
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Zukyi Nyima [Early 20th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Zukyi Nyima གཟུགས་ཀྱི་ཉི་མ (Wylie gZugs kyi nyi ma). Size including the cloth surround 162 x 85.5cm. Width at bottom is 93cm. Image (melong) size 77.5 x 54cm. Central figure of Buddha Shakyamuni. Finely detailed and in very good condition overall wit...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
83 TIFF images

48. EAP1016/3/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/2/2
Title:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Drimed Kunden [Early 20th century]
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Drimed Kunden དྲི་མེད་ཀུན་ལྡན (Wylie Dri med kun ldan). Size including the cloth surround 156 cm x 87.5 cm. Image (melong) size 82.5 x 54.5cm. Finely detailed and in very good condition overall with some paint loss due to creasing. Central figure of ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
42 TIFF images

49. EAP1016/3/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/2/3
Title:
The older of two almost identical narrative thangkas illustrating the story of Delok Kunga Rangdol [Late 19th century-Early 20th century]
Scope & Content:
The older of two almost identical narrative thangkas illustrating the story of Delok Kunga Rangdol ཀུན་དགའ་རང་གྲོལ (Wylie Kun dga’ rang grol), and depicting the Lord of Death and the judgement of the dead, detailing the myriad forms of suffering within the realms of Hell. Size including the clot...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
93 TIFF images

50. EAP1016/3/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/2/4
Title:
The newer of two almost identical narrative thangkas illustrating the story of Delok Kunga Rangdol [Late 20th century]
Scope & Content:
The newer of two almost identical narrative thangkas illustrating the story of Delok Kunga Rangdol ཀུན་དགའ་རང་གྲོལ (Wylie Kun dga’ rang grol), and depicting the Lord of Death and the judgement of the dead, detailing the myriad forms of suffering within the realms of Hell. Size including the clot...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
35 TIFF images