Common Title Tamdrin. A thangka of the wrathful protector deity. Common protector deity for the Buchen Mid 20th century
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Image (Melong) size approx 540 x 370cm Age, perhaps 70 years old. Well used object with staining, fading. One Thangka The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tsering and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. N/R
Performance related ritual objects, musical instruments, statues and elements of Buchen costumes. Twenty one objects The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tsering and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen.
Charm Box: Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Early 20th century
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A very fine copper charm box, 129 x 98 and 50 mm deep. Finely worked silver front, complete with knitted cloth cover and waist straps. Window contains small brass statue of Amitabh (long life) Buddha. One charm box The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tsering and has been handed down from father...
Swords: Ralti (Wylie ral gri) རལ་གྲི Early 20th century
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One pair of swords, 825 mm. One pair swords The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tsering 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. This was not seen: materials were brough...
Iron pointer: Chak Dhar (Wylie lcags mda'') ལྕགས་མདའ Mid 20th century
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Twisted iron pointer with plain wooden handle. 800mm. Multicolored cloth strips attached. One iron pointer The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tsering 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 pra...
Bell: Drilbu (Wylie dril bu) དྲིལ་བུ and Dorje Ritual Thunderbolt: Nine headed vajra/ dorje Dorje tsegu (Wylie rdo rje rtse dgu) རྡོ་རྗེ་རྩེ་དགུ Early 20th century
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A old brass bell, 170 mm long with a face on the upper handle of an enlightened Budhha. Dorje is 115mm long. One Bell and dorje The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tsering and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive ar...
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, two approx 70 mm square One 90 x 80 and one 80 mm square, the centre of each marked with a small brass button, joined together with thread and string. One conch shell chest ornament The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tserin...
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Early 20th century
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A recently repainted clay statue of Tangtong Gyalpo, wrapped in a white Katak pierced with a silver trident headed skewer. Necklace of rupees, and seeds. 245 mm. One statue The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tsering and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of hea...
Water bowls: ing (Wylie ting) ཏིང Early 21st century
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Seven small brass water bowls. 70mm x 20 mm. Seven water bowls The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tsering 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. This was not seen: ma...
Five Buddha Family (Hat): Gyalwa Rig Nga (Wylie rgyal ba rigs lnga) རྒྱལ་བ་རིགས་ལྔ Early 20th century
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A very old five section hat made of PAK (see other forms) Each section is approximately 140 x 90mm. One hat The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tsering 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 pr...
