Wooden Box: Tengam (Wylie rten sgam) རྟེན་སྒམ Early 20th century
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An old wooden box, coveerd in pink rose flower decorated cloth and a single katak. Two doors with iron catch and wooden stay. Two simple iron side attachments with iron rings to which a woven carrying strap is attached. Simple decoration. 400 x 380 x 280mm. One Wooden Box The material is owned ...
An old undecorated iron trident headed skewer. 220mm. 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 was not seen: ...
An unmade-up woollen Buchen hat, lined with silk. With thread attachments. Streamers are strips of silk of many colours, green, yellow, red and pink. One Buchen Hat The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen...
Wooden printing block Par Shing Early 20th Century
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A single wooden printing block. 210 mm square. Carved with mantras and lotus and other flowers. Six concentric circles carved with mantras and flowers around an inner circle. One printing block The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through sever...
A small tin box containing the light yellow silk cloth that is pinned with needles to the shoulder of the meme Buchen during the stone breaking ceremony. 425 x 420 mm. Box 60 x 60 mm. Cloth and needles The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje and has been handed down from father to son throu...
A conch shell waistcoat made of four carved pieces of conch shell, one damaged, each with a brass button in the centre. Approx 85 mm across. Tongka 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 materia...
Meme Chettan Dorje in full costume. Front and back view. One full Buchen costume 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. Thi...
Charm Box: Kau (Wylie ga’u) གའུ། or Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Late 20th century
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A fine copper charm box, 153 x 110 and 50 mm deep. Finely worked silver and brass front, complete with embroidered red cloth cover and waist straps. Buddha statue inside the window. One charm box The material is owned by Meme Lhundup Tstean and has been obtained from sources apart from his fami...
