Iron pointer: Chak Dhar (Wylie lcags mda'') ལྕགས་མདའ Early 20th century
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Twisted iron pointer with wooden handle missing. 650mm. Yellow silk attached. One iron pointer The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of the material is relatively new. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house. This was not seen: materials were bro...
Bell: Drilbu (Wylie dril bu) དྲིལ་བུ and Dorje Ritual Thunderbolt: vajra/ dorje Dorje (Wylie rdo rje) རྡོ་རྗེ Early 21st century
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A new brass bell, 160 mm long, with a face on the upper handle of an enlightened Budhha. New Dorje is 120 mm long. One Bell and Dorje The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of the material is relatively new. 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 Early 20th century
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A conch shell waistcoat, made up of four pieces of carved conch shell. Three approx 85 x 75 mm square. One 75 x 70. Joined together with woven thread and string. The centre of each piece is marked with a silver quarter rupee coin. One conch shell chest ornament The material is owned by Meme Gat...
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Late 19th century
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Regilded statue of Tangtong Gyalpo 270mm, wrapped in a yellow katak, with turquoise necklace and turquoise and coral necklace. New silver trident headed skewer with crystal jewels. 220 mm. One statue The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of the material is relatively new. All the mat...
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Late 19th century
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Simple brass statue of Tangtong Gyalpo 180mm, wrapped in a red silk, with fringed multicoloured embellishment. One statue The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of the material is relatively new. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house. This was n...
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. Each section approx 165 x 100mm. One five family Buddha hat The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of the material is relatively new. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house. This was not se...
A new Buchen hat consisting of a woollen base and a large number of cotton and silk strips that are attached to the base to form the streamers that make up the distinctive headwear of the Meme Buchen. Hat is 170 x 200 mm wide. One Buchen hat The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of t...
Charm Box: Kau (Wylie ga’u) གའུ། Late 20th century
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A new round silver charm box approx 95 diamteer x 22 mm, silver front with blue Buddha in the window. With embroidered strap. One Charm Box The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of the material is relatively new. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the...
Conch / (Dharma) conch: Chö dun (Wylie chos dung) ཆོས་དུང Late 20th century
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An undecorated new conch shell. 150mm long. One Conch The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of the material is relatively new. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house. This was not seen: materials were brought out into the living room to be surve...
Cymbals: Bubchel (Wylie sbubs ’chal) སྦུབས་འཆལ Early 21st century
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A pair of brass cymbals, approx 240 mm each with a string handle. Two cymbals The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of the material is relatively new. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house. This was not seen: materials were brought out into the...
