Conch / (Dharma) conch: Chö dun (Wylie chos dung) ཆོས་དུང Mid 19th century
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A plain undecorated conch shell. 135mm long threaded with dark red cotton cloth Another conch, 160mm long undecorated and slightly damaged. One Conch The material is owned by Tsering Paljor and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials...
Cymbals: Bubchel (Wylie sbubs ’chal) སྦུབས་འཆལ Mid 19th century
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A pair of brass cymbals, approx 215 mm wide with simple cloth handles. Two cymbals The material is owned by Tsering Paljor 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. The t...
Wooden Box: Tengam (Wylie rten sgam) རྟེན་སྒམ Early 20th century
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An old very plain wooden box with brass lock. 390 x 420 x 280 mm. One Wooden Box The material is owned by Tsering Paljor 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. The tea...
Wooden Printing Block. Shing par (Wylie shing dpar) ཤིང་དཔར Early 20th century
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Approx size. 8 x 30 cm. Approximate Age 70-80 years. Carved with images of male and female demons, both with iron chains around their legs. Some mantras in Tibetan lettering. These carved wooden blocks are printed with soot and water on to paper or cloth. The image from this block is widely used...
A piwang (three string horse headed fiddle) with strings and bridge missing. Carved from a single piece of wood with leather sounding board. Good condition, 640 mm long. One Piang The material is owned by Tsering Paljor and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of ...
Traditional cloth scroll paintings (thangkas). Buchen thangkas are primarily narrative, visually telling / illustrating key scenes from edifying stories of saints and Deloks. Two thangkas
Common Title Padma Odbar: a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Padma Odbar late19th century
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Image (Melong) size 610 x 450. Full mounted size 97- x 510mm. Age, over 100 years old. Well used object with substantial fading, some stains and some splits to the cloth. One Thangka The material is owned by Meme Padma Tandup. The older material has been handed down, the newer material has been...
Common Title Lingza Choskyit: a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Delok Lingza Choskyit and graphically illustrating the torments of hell. Late 19th century
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Image (Melong) size 790 x 560 cm. Full mounted size 1235 x 730 mm. Age, perhaps 100 years old. Condition good some fading and stains. One Thangka The material is owned by Meme Padma Tandup. The older material has been handed down, the newer material has been purchased in the last fifteen years....
Charm Box: Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Late 20th century
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A fine copper charm box, 160 x 118 and 50 mm deep. Finely worked silver front, complete with embroidered cloth cover and waist straps. Window shows image of Tamdin and his consort. One charm box The material is owned by Meme Padma Tandup. The older material has been handed down, the newer mater...
