Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Mid 20th century
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A 210 mm high silver statue of Tangtong Gyalpo on a brass lotus throne. The statue is (unusually) not wrapped in cloth or kataks but decorated only with a folded five rupee note. It has quite elaborate engraved detail including folds of silver clothing and he is holding green-jewelled long life ...
Prayer wheel: Mane Lhakor (Wylie maNi lag bskor) མ་ཎི་ལག་བསྐོར Late Nineteenth / Early 20th century
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A very simple and long 580 mm prayer wheel with 50 mm high, 100 mmm wide silver box simply engraved with mantras and long dark wooden handle topped with silver. Iron stroker, no bell or "hook". One Prayer wheel The material is owned by Chherring (Tsering) Angchuk and has been handed down from f...
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 Title Drimet Kunden: a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Drimet Kunden Late 19th century
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Image (Melong) size 740 x 640 mm. Full mounted size 950 x 640 mm (no overall cloth mounting - just top and bottom). Age, perhaps 150 years old. Date suggested by the owner. Well used object with staining, fading and some holes and tears to the cloth. One Thangka The material is owned by Meme Ts...
A mask of the crazy saint Drukpah Kunley Mask mid 20th century
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One Mask The material is owned by Meme Tsering Tobgye 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 team was given an extremely short time to photograph the archive and c...
A mask of the first monster (Mirgut) from the story of Norzang late 20th century
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One Mask The material is owned by Meme Tsering Tobgye 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 team was given an extremely short time to photograph the archive and c...
A mask of the second monster (Mirgut) from the story of Norzang late 20th century
Scope & Content:
One Mask The material is owned by Meme Tsering Tobgye 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 team was given an extremely short time to photograph the archive and c...
A mask of the hunter/fisher from the story of Norzang late 20th century
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One Mask The material is owned by Meme Tsering Tobgye 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 team was given an extremely short time to photograph the archive and c...
A carved wooden phallus and testicles made from cloth string and painted sacking late 20th century
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The genitals are used in an obscene and comic element of the performance of the story of Nangsa Odbum. A phallus also appears in performances of the play about the Crazy Saint Drukpah Kunley. One wooden phallus and testicles The material is owned by Meme Tsering Tobgye and has been handed down...
