Small water purification box 60 mm square containing needle and yellow cloth. The cloth is pinned on to the bare shoulders of the head Buchen during the stone breaking ceremony. Needle and cloth The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Tsering and has been handed down from father to son through seve...
Simple wooden rosary. 1200mm. Rosary 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 brought out i...
Silver earrings inlaid with turquoise and coral, with silver and brass chain and brass attachment hooks 80mm across. Earrings 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 ...
Meme Tseringpa in full costume. Front and back view. One full Buchen costume 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 wa...
Traditional cloth scroll paintings (thangkas). Buchen thangkas are primarily narrative, visually telling / illustrating key scenes from edifying stories of saints and Deloks. Three thangkas
མཁའ་འགྲོའི་བུ་མོ་འགྲོ་བ་བཟང་མོ༏ Common Title Drowa Zangmo: a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Kandroma Drowa Zangmo (Wylie mkha'' ''gro''i bu mo ''gro ba bzang mo) Late 19th /Early 20 century
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Image (Melong) size 880 x 610 mm. Full mounted size 1080 x 870 cm. Age, over 100 years old. Well used object with staining, much fading. However the colour and detail overall is good. One Thangka The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several g...
Common Title Lingza Choskyit / Nyella (hell): a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Lingza Choskyit Late 19th /Early 20 century
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Image (Melong) size 860 x 602 mm. Full mounted size 1170 x 750 mm. Age, perhaps 100 years old. Heavily used object with much staining and some fading. However the colour and detail overall is good. One Thangka The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed down from father to son thr...
Common Title Drimet Kunden: a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Drimet Kunden. Late 19th /Early 20 century
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Image (Melong) size 725 x 610 mm. Full mounted size 995 x 555 cm. Age, perhaps 100 years old. A well used object with many stains and fading in the several parts of the thangka. However the colour and detail overall is good. One Thangka The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed ...
