A wooden dough mould, carved with numerous figures and symbols: human and humanoid figures, astrological trigrams and symbols, nagas. The figures and symbols are pressed into ritual dough offerimgs (torma) during tantric ceremonies. Extent: One wooden dough mould. Size and dimensions of original...
A carved wooden block, for printing an image of a single large figure on to cloth or paper, for hanging outside a house, above the door, as a protection from malicious and evil spirits. The carving is rich with detail: zodiacal year signs, astrological trigrams, animal figures and mantra text. Ca...
A folded paper document, probably an astrological document. Perhaps used with dice (mentioned). Eight folded sections and one loose section. The fieldwork team suggest that at least two sections are missing. Extent: Nine remaining sections from a larger document. Size and dimensions of original ...
