Bell: Drilbu (Wylie dril bu) དྲིལ་བུ Late 20th century
Scope & Content:
A new brass and iron bell, 180 mm long. One Bell The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house.
Conch shell chest ornament: Tonka (Wylie thong ga) ཐོང་ག Late 19th century
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A conch shell waistcoat, made up of four pieces (one broken) of carved conch shell, two approx 80 mm square, one 70 mm square and one 75 x 80 mm the centre of each marked with a small brass button or metal piece, joined together with woven thread and red cloth. One conch shell chest ornament Th...
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Mid 19th century
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An old clay statue of Tangtong Gyalpo, wrapped in a white Katak pierced with a brass headed irontrident headed skewer. Decorated with pearl, coral and turquoise necklace, five ruppe notes and and red embridered silk. Details in the face painted in gold (skin) and red (tongue and lips), black (ha...
Water bowls: ing (Wylie ting) ཏིང Late 20th century
Scope & Content:
Seven new small brass water bowls 60mm x 30 mm. Seven water bowls The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house.
Five Buddha Family (Hat): Gyalwa Rig Nga (Wylie rgyal ba rigs lnga) རྒྱལ་བ་རིགས་ལྔ Late 20th century
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A very simple home made five section hat of thick canvas with a cloth headband the three central section carry the mantra Om Ah Hung 500 x 165 mm. One hat The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials i...
Five Buddha Family (Hat): Gyalwa Rig Nga (Wylie rgyal ba rigs lnga) རྒྱལ་བ་རིགས་ལྔ Early 21st century
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A new, modern, plastic-laminated Five Buddha Family Hat. 525 x 177 mm. One hat The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house.
Charm Box: Kau (Wylie ga’u) གའུ། Late 20th century
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A second, small silver charm box approx 125 x 90 x 14 mm, inlaid with turquoise and coral . With embroidered cloth strap. One Charm Box The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are k...
Conch / (Dharma) conch: Chö dun (Wylie chos dung) ཆོས་དུང Late 19th century
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A undecorated conch shell. 120mm long threaded with dark red modern silk cloth. One Conch The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house.
Ritual Thunderbolt: Vajra/ dorje Dorje (Wylie rdo rje རྡོ་རྗེ Late 20th century
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An modern brass vajra. 125mm long. One Vajra The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house.
Necklace: Oltic (Wylie ol tig) ཨོལ་ཏིག Early 19th century
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One turquoise and coral necklace 720mm. One necklace and one rosary The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house.
