A perak. This is a very ""poor"" perak used as a joke item. late 20th century
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One perak 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 ...
One Buchen hat 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...
Dagger: Dorje Phorba (Wylie rdo rje phur pa) རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ Early to Mid 19th century
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Old, well used and very fine quailty three headed (wrathful faced) iron dagger, the top of the blade is also engraved with dragon design. 240 mm long. White katak and strip of red cloth attached to the body of the dagger. One dagger The material is owned by Dorje Namgyal and was handed down fr...
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Early to Mid 19th century
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An old silver statue of Tangtong Gyalpo, wrapped in silk and ornate cloth that has been stitched around the body of the statue. 250mm high. The figures has two large earrings. This statue is recognised by the local community as being especially powerful. One Statue The material is owned by Dorj...
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Early to Mid 19th century
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An old silver statue of Dorje Chang, wrapped in silk and ornate cloth that has been stitched around the body of the statue. 185mm high. This very beautiful statue is supposedly over one thousand years old. The statue was supposedly damaged by King Langdarma or one of his ministers when the ruler...
Charm Box: Kau (Wylie ga’u) གའུ། or Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Late 19th / Early 20th century
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A very fine copper charm box, 145 x 100 and 55 mm deep. Finely worked silver front. The window contains an image of the Buddha, from a postcard. One charm box The material is owned by Kinzum Gatuk and her husband Padma Dorje and has been handed down from father to son and to daughter through se...
Swords: Ralti (Wylie ral gri) རལ་གྲི Late 19th / Early 20th century
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A single iron sword, 880 mm, with plain handle. The material is owned by Kinzum Gatuk and her husband Padma Dorje and has been handed down from father to son and to daughter through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the hous...
Bell: Drilbu (Wylie dril bu) དྲིལ་བུ Late 19th / Early 20th century
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A old brass bell, 185 mm long with a nine headed dorje top, a face on the upper handle, perhaps of an enlightened Budhha. The bell itself 90 mm across. One Bell The material is owned by Kinzum Gatuk and her husband Padma Dorje and has been handed down from father to son and to daughter through ...
