Prayer wheel: Mane Lhakor (Wylie maNi lag bskor) མ་ཎི་ལག་བསྐོར Mid 18th century
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A very fine old prayer wheel, with a wooden handle. Total length 310mm, the box itself is 50 mm high and 81 mm wide mm wide and is finely worked in silver, displaying eight auspicius symbols with Langsa script with an brass striker. The wooden handle, 178mm long, is topped with silver and has a ...
Wooden Box: Tengam (Wylie rten sgam) རྟེན་སྒམ Mid 19th century
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An old wooden box in good condition complete with lock and carrying strap. Undecorated, with iron fixings for carrying strap. 415 x 395 x 255 mm. One Wooden Box The material is owned by Tsuldim Zangmo and her daughter Karma Tsomo and was been handed down from Tsudim''s uncle Meme Tenzin Lotey. ...
Performance related ritual objects, musical instruments, statues and elements of Buchen costumes. Five objects The material is owned by Sonam Palden 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.
Dagger: Dorje Phorba (Wylie rdo rje phur pa) རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ Late 20th century
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A Three headed (wrathful faced) dagger, the blade is also engraved with serpent design. 220mm long. One dagger The material is owned by Sonam Palden 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.
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Early 20th century
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An old clay statue, wrapped in a yellow silk katak with a plain iron katamka. 225 mm. One Statue The material is owned by Sonam Palden 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.
Charm Box: Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Late 20th century
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A copper charm box 155 x 120 x 55 mm, engraved silver front, with a window showing an image of blue Tamdin. With cloth strap and string. One Charm Box The material is owned by Sonam Palden and has been handed down through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive are ...
Conch / (Dharma) conch: Chö dun (Wylie chos dung) ཆོས་དུང Early 20th Century
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A plain conch shel. 175mm long. One Conch The material is owned by Sonam Palden 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.
Wooden Box: Tengam (Wylie rten sgam) རྟེན་སྒམ Early 20th Century
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An plain old wooden box. 470 x 370 x 260mm. One Wooden Box The material is owned by Sonam Palden 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.
Traditional cloth scroll paintings (thangkas). Buchen thangkas are primarily narrative, visually telling / illustrating key scenes from edifying stories of saints and Deloks. Two thangkas The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tsering and has been handed down from father to son through several gen...
Common title Drowa Zangmo: a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Drowa Zangmo Early 20th century
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Image (Melong) size 805 x 572 mm. Full mounted size 1145 x 765 mm. Age, perhaps 100 years old. Well used object with staining, fading and some holes and tears to the cloth. One Thangka The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tsering and has been handed down from father to son through several genera...
