Traditional cloth scroll paintings (thangkas). Buchen thangkas are primarily narrative, visually telling / illustrating key scenes from edifying stories of saints and Deloks. One thangka
Common Drowa Zangmo: a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Drowa Zangmo Early 21st century
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Image (Melong) size 790 x 555 mm. Full mounted size 1365 x 900 mm. Age, perhaps 10 years old. New Thangka commissioned form Sonam Angdui in Kaza. One Thangka The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tenzing and has been handed down through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the...
Charm Box: Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Late 19th century
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A very fine copper charm box, 150 x 120 and 55 mm deep. Finely worked silver front, complete with cloth cover and waist straps. Window contains image of Tamdin. One charm box The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tenzing and has been handed down through several generations of head Buchen. All the...
Dagger: Dorje Phorba (Wylie rdo rje phur pa) རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ Early 21st century
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New three headed (wrathful faced) brass dagger. Painted overall, with red white and blue faces 215mm long with red and yellow cloth attached. One dagger The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tenzing and has been handed down through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the arch...
Swords: Ralti (Wylie ral gri) རལ་གྲི Early 20th century
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One pair of plain old swords, 758 mm. One pair swords The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tenzing and has been handed down 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: materials were brought out int...
Iron pointer: Chak Dhar (Wylie lcags mda'') ལྕགས་མདའ Early 20th century
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Twisted iron pointer with plain wooden handle. 765mm. Multicolored cloth strips attached. One iron pointer The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tenzing and has been handed down through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the hou...
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, 165 mm long, bell 85 mm wide with a face on the upper handle of an enlightened Budhha. New Dorje is 120 mm long. One Bell The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tenzing and has been handed down through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept ...
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, one different to the other three. Three approx 55 x 55 mm square. One 65 x 58. joined together with red cloth string. The centre of each piece is marked with a red cloth knot. One conch shell chest ornament The material is o...
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, metal Five Buddha Family Hat. Each section approx 192 x 110 mm. One hat The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tenzing and has been handed down through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house. This was not see...
