Traditional cloth scroll paintings (thangkas). Buchen thangkas are primarily narrative, visually telling / illustrating key scenes from edifying stories of saints and Deloks. One thangka
མཁའ་འགྲོའི་བུ་མོ་འགྲོ་བ་བཟང་མོ༏ The story of Kandroma Drowa Zangmo (Wylie mkha'' ''gro''i bu mo ''gro ba bzang mo) Late 20th century
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A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Drowa Zangmo. Image (Melong) size 825 x 602 mm. About 20 year''s old. One Thangka The material is owned by Meme Sonam Palden and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive are...
Dagger: Dorje Phorba (Wylie rdo rje phur pa) རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ Late 20th century
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Three headed (wrathful faced) dagger. 220mm long. One dagger The material is owned by Meme Sonam Palden 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 a modern house.
Conch shell chest ornament: Tonka (Wylie thong ga) ཐོང་ག Late 19th century
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A conch shell waistcoat, usually made up of four pieces of carved conch shell, this item has only two pieces in place, each approx 75mm square. One conch shell chest ornament The material is owned by Meme Sonam Palden and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of he...
Five Buddha Family (Hat): Gyalwa Rig Nga (Wylie rgyal ba rigs lnga) རྒྱལ་བ་རིགས་ལྔ Late 19th century
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An old five section hat stitched together with a cloth headband. Each section is approximately 182 x 95 mm and painted. Perhaps 100 years old? Painted with images of the Buddha. Constructed from a stiff material made from thin layers of cloth bound together with animal skin glue and wheat paste....
Five Buddha Family (Hat): Gyalwa Rig Nga (Wylie rgyal ba rigs lnga) རྒྱལ་བ་རིགས་ལྔ Early 21st century
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A new, modern, home made cardboard Five Buddha Family Hat marked with mantra Om A Hum. Each section approx 100 x 160mm. One hat The material is owned by Meme Sonam Palden and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive are...
Conch / (Dharma) conch: Chö dun (Wylie chos dung) ཆོས་དུང Late 19th century
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A plain conch shell. 150mm long. One Conch The material is owned by Meme Sonam Palden 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 a modern house.
Prayer wheel: Mane Lhakor (Wylie maNi lag bskor) མ་ཎི་ལག་བསྐོར Late 19th century
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An old prayer wheel, with a wooden handle. Total length 280mm, the handle length of 165 mm, box itself is 50mm long and 80 mm wide is finely worked in silver with an iron striker. The wooden handle is topped with silver and has a silver base. It also has a brass bell halfway up the shaft. One Pr...
Wooden Box: Tengam (Wylie rten sgam) རྟེན་སྒམ Late 19th century
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An old box. 330 x 405 x 255 mm, wrapped in elaborate cloth covering like a rouched curtain. One Wooden Box The material is owned by Meme Sonam Palden 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 pray...
