Collection Area: Endangered Archives Programme / Subject: Music - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/21
Title:: Tenzin Chhoephel Collection
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1800-2023
Extent:: 514

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/21/2/1
Title:: རྡོ་རྗེ་ and དྲིལ་བུ
Scope & Content:: A modern vajra / dorje and bell. A ritual object and musical instrument used together in tantric rituals. Extent: One vajra / dorje and bell.Size and dimensions of original material: Bell is 16 cm long and 9 cm across. Vajra is 11 x 3 x 3 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition. Custo...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 20th century
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/21/2/3
Title:: རྐང་གླིང
Scope & Content:: A human thighbone trumpet. A section of the shaft is partially bound in copper wire and leather. A musical instrument for use in tantric rituals. Attached is cloth of five colours, and a blue-green cloth. Extent: One human thighbone trumpet. Size and dimensions of original material: 28 cm long. ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/21/2/4
Title:: རྐང་གླིང
Scope & Content:: An undecorated human thighbone trumpet A musical instrument for use in tantric rituals. Extent: One human thighbone trumpet. Size and dimensions of original material: 26 cm long. Custodial history: The older material has been handed down from father to son for at least four generations. Arrang...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Mid 20th century
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22
Title:: Onpo Tenzin Takpa Collection
Scope & Content:: The household collection of Onpo Tenzin Takpa. A collection of ritual texts and ritual 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...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: 1800-2023
Extent:: 479

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/3
Title:: རྡོ་རྗེ་ and དྲིལ་བུ
Scope & Content:: A modern vajra / dorje and bell. A ritual object and musical instrument used together in tantric rituals. Extent: One vajra / dorje and bell. Size and dimensions of original material: Bell is 14 cm long and 6.5 cm across. Vajra is 9.5 x 3 x 3 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition. C...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 20th century
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/4
Title:: རྐང་གླིང
Scope & Content:: A human thighbone trumpet and case. The wide end of the thighbone is covered in leather, the shaft bound in string and brass, the mouthpiece also in brass. A musical instrument for use in tantric rituals, An attached cloth once of five colours, now ragged and dirty with age and usage. The case is...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Mid 19th century
Extent:: 2

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/22/2/5
Title:: ཌ་མ་རུ
Scope & Content:: A damaru / swivel drum. A musical instrument for use in tantric rituals. Extent: One swivel drum. Size and dimensions of original material: 10 x 10 x 6 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition. Custodial history: The older material has been handed down from father to son for at least f...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 20th century
Extent:: 1

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