A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. An Earth Lord text. A text for a ritual for propitiating earth lords, for example when building a new house on new land. Earth Lord (Tib. ས་བདག Wylie. sa bdag). The text is full of complex tables / ...
The household collection of Urgyen Chherring. A collection of medical, astrological and wedding texts and ritual artefacts. Arrangement: Material kept in the household prayer room (not seen).
The household collection of Thukten Chhoezang. A collection of ritual texts and ritual artefacts. Arrangement: Loose texts kept in the prayer room in a cardboard box.
A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script in black and red ink. ༄༅། །ཀོང་རྩེའི་ལྟོས་བསྒྱུར་གྱི་སྒོ་ནས་བུམ་གཏེར་སྦད་བའི་ཆོ་ག་བཞུགས་སོ།། A treasure vase text. A ritual concerned with hiding a gold, silver or clay treasure vase (bum pa)...
A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script in black and red ink A bone ceremony undertaken on behalf of ordinary people by a chowa or lamas. Bones are gathered a few days after death from the cremation site. The ritual is undertaken i...
A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A treasure vase text. A ritual concerned with hiding a gold, silver or clay treasure vase ( bum pa ) sometimes containing precious items (rin po che) , gold, silk, auspicious objects, grains...
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...