Iron pointer: Chak Dhar (Wylie lcags mda'') ལྕགས་མདའ Approx 1850
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Wooden handled twisted iron chakdhar with blue orange and red cloth attached. The metal next to the handle is engraved. Spherical iron tip. 710mm. The pointer may have been mended a third of the way along its length. One iron pointer The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje and has been hand...
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Approx 1850
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Statue of Tangtong Gyalpo. Size 250mm high. Face silver with mouth and eyes painted red. Back of the head is brass. Covered with golden silk cloth, semi precious stones, turquoise and coral, five rupee banknotes and a rosette with a photo of a Dudjom Rinpoche a major nyingma rinpoche. One statue...
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Approx 1850
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Statue of Tangtong Gyalpo. Size 270mm high. Hand made from clay. Face and body painted. Covered in golden silk cloth, one five rupee banknote, pearl necklace garlands of artificial flowers, gold tinsel and beads. Seated on a lotus throne, holding iron chain links in one hand and a long life vase...
Seven small brass butter lamps being used as water bowls. 53mm x 25 mm. Seven water bowls The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje 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 h...
Trident headed skewers: Katamka (Wylie khtraMm kha) ཁཏྲཾམ་ཁ (Or Trishul (Wylie tri shul) ཏྲི་ཤུལ Mid 19th century
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An old undecorated silver trident headed skewer with rivet. 160 mm. One skewer The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje 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 ...
Five Buddha Family (Hat): Gyalwa Rig Nga (Wylie rgyal ba rigs lnga) རྒྱལ་བ་རིགས་ལྔ Early 21st Century
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A five section hat, home made from a cardboard box, decorated with sacred mantra in red ink. Stitched on to cloth strip. Each section approximately 175 x 115mm. One hat The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Bu...
Five Buddha Family (Hat): Gyalwa Rig Nga (Wylie rgyal ba rigs lnga) རྒྱལ་བ་རིགས་ལྔ Early 21st Century
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A five section hat, home made from corrugated cardboard box, central section decorated with symbol of five family buddha. Stitched on to cloth strip. Each section approximately 150 x 95mm. One hat The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through se...
A decorated conch shell, engraved with parallel lines. 170mm long x 95mm wide threaded with cotton cloth. One Conch The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept withi...
Necklace: Oltic (Wylie ol tig) ཨོལ་ཏིག Mid 18th century
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One turquoise, silver and coral necklace 600m. 14 turquoise pieces, thirteen coral and twelve decorated silver rings. One necklace The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive...
Prayer wheel: Mane Lhakor (Wylie maNi lag bskor) མ་ཎི་ལག་བསྐོར Approx 1850
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One wooden handled engraved silver prayer wheel with single striker. Total length 300mm. Handle 170mm. Box 85 cm wide x 55 cm deep. Decorated with eight auspicious symbols and lanza script. Eight lotus flowers on base of box. Mantras inside. One Prayer wheel The material is owned by Meme Chetta...