Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Late 19th / Early 20th century
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A very old clay statue of Tangtong Gyalpo, wrapped in a white Katak Soshi. The head has become detached from the body and is loose. Some painting on the body. 234mm high. The staue was photographed wrapped, then unwrapped and then dusted. One statue The material is owned by Kinzum Gatuk and her...
Conch / (Dharma) conch: Chö dun (Wylie chos dung) ཆོས་དུང Late 19th / Early 20th century
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A decorated conch shell, engraved with lines and a flower motif. 135mm long threaded with dark cotton cloth. One Conch 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 th...
Cymbals: Bubchel (Wylie sbubs ’chal) སྦུབས་འཆལ Late 19th / Early 20th century
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A mismatched pair of cymbals, 200 / 205 mm across with leather handles. Two cymbals 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...
Ritual Thunderbolt: Nine headed vajra/ dorje Dorje tsegu (Wylie rdo rje rtse dgu) རྡོ་རྗེ་རྩེ་དགུ Late 19th / Early 20th century
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An old brass vajra. 128mm long. The vajra has also been photographed with the bell as these objects are seen as belongng together. One Vajra 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 ...
Prayer wheel: Mane Lhakor (Wylie maNi lag bskor) མ་ཎི་ལག་བསྐོར Late 19th / Early 20th century
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A very fine old prayer wheel, with a wooden handle. Total length 375mm, the box itself is 84 mm long and 55 mm wide and is finely worked in silver with an iron striker. The wooden handle is 235 mm long, topped with silver and has a silver base. It also has a brass bell halfway up the shaft. One ...
Wooden Box: Tengam (Wylie rten sgam) རྟེན་སྒམ Late 19th / Early 20th century
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A superb old wooden box, with ornate detail on the two doors as well as detailing around the two iron strap holders on the sides. 360 x 420 x 287mm. One Wooden 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 throu...
Old, well used and very fine quailty three headed (wrathful faced) iron dagger, the blade is also engraved with serpent design. 233 mm long. Blue silk cloth attached to the body of the dagger. One dagger The material is owned by Sonam Dawa and was handed down from his father in law Meme Gatuk T...
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Mid 18th century
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An old clay statue of Tangtong Gyalpo, wrapped in simple cloth that has been stitched around the body of the statue. The cloth is pierced by a simple iron trident headed skewer (katamka). It feels as if the body of the statue may be broken a little inside. We chose not to unwrap it. 210mm high, ...
Prayer wheel: Mane Lhakor (Wylie maNi lag bskor) མ་ཎི་ལག་བསྐོར Early 19th century
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A very fine old prayer wheel, with wooden handle. Total length 265 mm. The handle is 140mm long, the box itself is 55mm long and 85 mm wide. The "hat" is made from engraved silver, the box is copper and brass. The wooden handle is topped with brass and has a brass base. It also has a brass bell ...
