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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP749/4 Place India, Asia

1. EAP749/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/4
Title:
The texts (pecha) cloth scroll painting (thangkas) and other performance-related objects belonging to Meme Tsewang Namgyal
Scope & Content:
The "archive" belonging to an active Buchen household/lineage in the Pin Valley of Himachal Pradesh, headed by Tsewang Namgyal. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house and include modern western-style bound books (teb); religious scroll paintings (thangka) o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
129 Tiff images

2. EAP749/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/4/1
Title:
Cloth scroll painting (thangkas)
Scope & Content:
Traditional cloth scroll paintings (thangkas). Buchen thangkas are primarily narrative, visually telling / illustrating key scenes from edifying stories of saints and Deloks. One thangka
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
36 Tiff files

3. EAP749/4/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/4/1/1
Title:
མཁའ་འགྲོའི་བུ་མོ་འགྲོ་བ་བཟང་མོ༏ Drowa Zangmo Thankga Late 20th century
Scope & Content:
New Thangka of Drowa Zangmo…1390 x 888 mm. Melong size 785 x 555mm. One thangka The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
36 Tiff files

4. EAP749/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/4/2
Title:
Objects
Scope & Content:
Performance related ritual objects, musical instruments, statues and elements of Buchen costumes. Twenty-nine objects
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
88 Tiff images

5. EAP749/4/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/4/2/1
Title:
Charm Box: Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Early 20th century
Scope & Content:
A fine copper charm box, 142 x 100 and 58 mm deep. Finely worked silver front, complete with embroidered waist strap. Window has an image of the protector deity Tamdin. One charm box The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
4 Tiff files

6. EAP749/4/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/4/2/2
Title:
Dagger: Dorje Phorba (Wylie rdo rje phur pa) རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ Late 20th century
Scope & Content:
Painted Three headed (wrathful faced) iron dagger, the blade is also engraved with serpent design. 218mm long. One dagger The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
3 Tiff files

7. EAP749/4/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/4/2/3
Title:
Swords: Ralti (Wylie ral gri) རལ་གྲི Late 19th century
Scope & Content:
One unmatched pair of simple iron swords, approx 800 mm long. One pair swords The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
11 Tiff files

8. EAP749/4/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/4/2/4
Title:
Iron pointer: Chak Dhar (Wylie lcags mda'') ལྕགས་མདའ Late 19th century
Scope & Content:
A twisted iron pointer with plain wooden handle decorated with multicolored silk and cotton attachment. 724mm. One iron pointer The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept with...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
6 Tiff files

9. EAP749/4/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/4/2/5
Title:
Bell: Drilbu (Wylie dril bu) དྲིལ་བུ Late 20th century
Scope & Content:
A new brass and iron bell, 180 mm long. One Bell The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
4 Tiff files

10. EAP749/4/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/4/2/6
Title:
Conch shell chest ornament: Tonka (Wylie thong ga) ཐོང་ག Late 19th century
Scope & Content:
A conch shell waistcoat, made up of four pieces (one broken) of carved conch shell, two approx 80 mm square, one 70 mm square and one 75 x 80 mm the centre of each marked with a small brass button or metal piece, joined together with woven thread and red cloth. One conch shell chest ornament Th...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
4 Tiff files

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