After forced sedentarism of nomadic Moldavian Roma Groups implemented by the Soviet authorities at mid-twentieth century and massive industrialization of the Soviet economy – more traditional occupations of the Roma have disappeared. One of these traditional Romany crafts which are in the proces...
Charm Box: Kau (Wylie ga’u) གའུ། or Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Early 20th century
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A very fine copper charm box, 135 x 95 and 53 mm deep. Finely worked silver front, complete with embroidered red cloth cover and waist straps. Image of red Tadrin/Tamdin (Hyagryph). One charm box The material is owned by Meme Dorje Phuntsog and has been handed down from father to son through se...
Three headed (wrathful faced) dagger, faces coloured red, white and blue, the blade is also engraved with serpent design. 220 mm long. One dagger The material is owned by Meme Dorje Phuntsog and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the material...
Swords: Ralti (Wylie ral gri) རལ་གྲི Mid 19th century
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One pair of swords, 805 mm, with brass handles. Very unusually they both have scabbards, made of wood, bound with animal hide and tipped with iron. One pair swords The material is owned by Meme Dorje Phuntsog and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen...
Iron pointer: Chak Dhar (Wylie lcags mda'') ལྕགས་མདའ Mid 19th century
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Twisted iron pointer with elephant ivory handle and cloth attachment. 650mm. One iron pointer The material is owned by Meme Dorje Phuntsog and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of ...
Bell: Drilbu (Wylie dril bu) དྲིལ་བུ Early 20th century
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A old brass bell, 179 mm long with a face on the upper handle of an enlightened Budhha. The bell itself 90 mm across. One Bell The material is owned by Meme Dorje Phuntsog and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive ar...
A conch shell waistcoat, made up of four pieces of carved conch shell, each approx 60mm square. One damaged. The centre of each marked with a small brass button, joined together with thread and string. One conch shell chest ornament The material is owned by Meme Dorje Phuntsog and has been hand...
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Late 20th century
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A modern brass statue of Tangtong Gyalpo with silver face, wrapped in a yellow katak, with a knitted red and yellow wool shawl pierced with a trident headed skewer. Necklace of pearls, coral and turquoise. Made in Kinnaur approx 20 years ago. 230mm. One statue The material is owned by Meme Dorj...
Water bowls: Ting (Wylie ting) ཏིང Late 20th century
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Seven small brass water bowls 70mm x 30 mm. Six water bowls The material is owned by Meme Dorje Phuntsog and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house. This was not seen: mate...
