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11. EAP1221/4/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/4/2/3
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:
A wooden dough mould. Known in Spiti by the generic term par shing, which refers to various kinds of carved wooden blocks used to print text and images on to paper or cloth. These specialist dough moulds are exclusively used for making impressions of figures or symbols into ritual offerings, made...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Mid 20th century
Extent:
2

12. EAP1221/6/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/6/2/1
Title:
Perhaps མེ་ལྕགས།
Scope & Content:
Two iron medical objects, with knurled surface on the flat handles. These "fire irons" are heated in the fire then applied to the body. The skin is then punctured through the three holes in their ends. Extent: Two fire irons. Size and dimensions of original material: 29 cm x 6 cm. Custodial his...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1

13. EAP1221/6/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/6/2/2
Title:
མེ་བུམ
Scope & Content:
A copper bowl with brass rim used for cupping. A fire vessel heated to create suction on the skin, a technique of Tibetan medicine. Extent: One copper cupping bowl. Size and dimensions of original material: 6 cm high 7 cm wide at rim, 9 cm wide at max width. Custodial history: All items handed ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
3

14. EAP1221/6/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/6/2/3
Title:
སྨན་ཁུག
Scope & Content:
Three leather pouches used to hold medical powders.Extent: Three leather pouches.Size and dimensions of original material: 14 cm x 6 cm; 12 cm x 5 cm; 10 cm x 5 cm.Custodial history: All items handed down from grandfather to father to son for over six generationsand probably many more.Arrangement...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1

15. EAP1221/6/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/6/2/4
Title:
འཇབ་ཙེ།
Scope & Content:
Brass tweezers.Extent: One pair of brass tweezers.Size and dimensions of original material: 12 cm long.Custodial history: All items handed down from grandfather to father to son for over six generationsand probably many more.Arrangement: All items are kept in the prayer room of Chherring Dorje (n...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2

16. EAP1221/6/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/6/2/5
Title:
Perhaps པི་རུ་
Scope & Content:
Two animal horn tips. Extent: Two animal horn tips. Size and dimensions of original material: 6.5 cm and 4,3 cm long. Custodial history: All items handed down from grandfather to father to son for over six generationsand probably many more. Arrangement: All items are kept in the prayer room of...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1

17. EAP1221/6/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/6/2/6
Title:
Sections of a brass knife handle and sheath
Scope & Content:
Sections of a beautifullt ornate brass knife and sheath. Perhaps གཡུ་བ།་ (wylie g.yu ba). Extent: Three sections of a brass kife and sheath.Size and dimensions of original material: 17 x 4 cm; 5.5 x 5 cm; and 3 x 4.5 cm. Condition of original material: The knife itself is no longer in existence. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2

18. EAP1221/6/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/6/2/7
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང་
Scope & Content:
Two small wooden printing blocks carved with Tibetan letters used for inking letters on to the skin of the patient (for problems of the knee mainly?) The same letters are displayed on a modern block. Extent: Two very small wooden printing block. Size and dimensions of original material: 4.8 x 3....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
4

19. EAP1221/6/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/6/2/8
Title:
མེ་བརྒྱབ་པ་
Scope & Content:
A Copper spike with twisted handle used for puncturing skin. Extent: One copper spike. Size and dimensions of original material: 31 cm long. Custodial history: All items handed down from grandfather to father to son for over six generationsand probably many more. Arrangement: All items are kept...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1

20. EAP1221/8/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/8/2/1
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང་
Scope & Content:
A wooden dough mould (Tib. དཔར་ཤིང་ Wylie. dpar shing, sometimes called Zan Par, though this term seems not to be used in Spiti). These moulds are used to make impressions of figures and symbols into dough offerings used in tantric rituals. The spectrum of carvings on these dough moulds include h...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
16