Dagger: Dorje Phorba (Wylie rdo rje phur pa) རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ Late 19th /Early 20 century
Scope & Content:
Unusual brass dagger with mantras within the handle. Three headed (wrathful faced). 190 mm long. One dagger The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room o...
Swords: Ralti (Wylie ral gri) རལ་གྲི Late 19th /Early 20 century
Scope & Content:
Single simple rusty iron sword, 840 mm, Currently kept in the home of Kunzam Gyurmet. One sword The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house....
Iron pointer: Chak Dhar (Wylie lcags mda'') ལྕགས་མདའ Late 19th /Early 20 century
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Twisted iron pointer with plain wooden handle with dragon at top of the shaft. 840mm. Currently kept in the home of Kunzam Gyurmet. One iron pointer The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the ...
Conch shell chest ornament: Tonka (Wylie thong ga) ཐོང་ག Late 19th /Early 20 century
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An unusual conch shell waistcoat, made up two pieces of carved conch shell, each approx 75 mm square. The centre of each marked with a small brass flower, and two replacement silver replica pieces each approx 70 mm square, all joined together with thread and string. One conch shell chest ornamen...
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Late 19th /Early 20 century
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A painted silver statue of the Tangtong Gyalpo 233mm. Lotus base inlaid with coral turquoise and crystal. One Statue The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the pray...
Charm Box: Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Late 19th /Early 20 century
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An old silver charm box approx 140 x 103 x 50 mm, Window contains a small brass statue of the Buddha. With aged cloth strap. One Charm Box The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive ar...
Cymbals: Bubchel (Wylie sbubs ’chal) སྦུབས་འཆལ Late 19th /Early 20 century
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An old pair of cymbals, approx 248/238 mm each with a woven string handle. Currently kept in the home of Kunzam Gyurmet. Two cymbals The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept...
Prayer wheel: Mane Lhakor (Wylie mani lag bskor) མ་ཎི་ལག་བསྐོར Late 19th /Early 20 century
Scope & Content:
An unusual, very fine but simple old prayer wheel, with a black wooden handle. Total length 315 mm, the box itself is 68 high and 85mm wide and is made from copper with brass detailing inlaid with turquoise and with an brass striker and silver top. One Prayer wheel The material is owned by Kunz...
Wooden Box: Tengam (Wylie rten sgam) རྟེན་སྒམ Late 19th /Early 20 century
Scope & Content:
An unusual very small box with glass window and no door. Unlike any other box in the Buchen archives. 255 x 170 x 115mm. One Wooden Box The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are k...
This collection contains the following 6 series: EAP760/1/1: Candannāth Papers, 1867-1918 EAP760/1/2: Tīrthalāl Collection (TLC) [The Family and the Regime], 1763-1968 EAP760/1/3: Financial Transactions, 1860-1983 EAP760/1/4: Photographs, 1989-1996 EAP760/1/5: Family Collection (TLF), 1125-1996 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English, Hindi, Maithili, Nepali, Newari, Newari, Classical, Not applicable, and Sanskrit
