Trident headed skewer Katamka (Wylie khtraMm kha) ཁཏྲཾམ་ཁ (Or Trishul (Wylie tri shul) ཏྲི་ཤུལ Late 20th century
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A plain iron trident headed skewer 165mm. One skewer 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: materials w...
Five Buddha Family (Hat): Gyalwa Rig Nga (Wylie rgyal ba rigs lnga) རྒྱལ་བ་རིགས་ལྔ Early 20th century
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A very old five section hat made of cloth covered in layers of Bak, made from animal skin glue and wheat flour. Each section is approximately 180 x 95mm and painted. One hat The material is owned by Meme Dorje Phuntsog and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of h...
Charm Box: Kau (Wylie ga’u) གའུ། or Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Late 20th century
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A second, smaller silver fronted copper charm box approx 105 x 74 x 19 mm, inlaid with coral and red crystal. With embroidered cloth strap. One Charm Box 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 ...
Conch / (Dharma) conch: Chö dun (Wylie chos dung) ཆོས་དུང Early 20th century
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A very large undecorated conch shell. 180mm long threaded with string and a dark blue checked cotton cloth. One Conch 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 wi...
Cymbals: Bubchel (Wylie sbubs ’chal) སྦུབས་འཆལ Mid 19th century
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A pair of cymbals, approx 200 mm each with simple woven string handle. Two cymbals 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. ...
Ritual Thunderbolt: Nine headed vajra/ dorje Dorje tsegu (Wylie rdo rje rtse dgu) རྡོ་རྗེ་རྩེ་དགུ Mid 19th century
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An old brass vajra. 110mm long. One Vajra 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: materials were brought...
Necklace: Oltic (Wylie ol tig) ཨོལ་ཏིག early 20th century
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One turquoise, silver and coral necklace. 602mm long. One necklace and one rosary 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. T...
Rosary: Trengwa (Wylie phreng ba) ཕྲེང་བ late 20th Century
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One simple wooden rosary. One necklace and one rosary 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: materials ...
Prayer wheel: Mane Lhakor (Wylie maNi lag bskor) མ་ཎི་ལག་བསྐོར late 20th Century
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A very fine old prayer wheel, with a long wooden handle. Total length 420 mm, the box itself is 85 mm long and 64 mm wide and is finely worked in silver with an iron striker. The striker also has a hook attached, this one unusually decorated with a single turquoise. The wooden handle is 260 mm l...
Wooden Box: Tengam (Wylie rten sgam) རྟེན་སྒམ Early 20th century
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A simple old wooden box. 400 x 400 x 245mm. Covered in silk and kataks. One Wooden Box 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 hou...
