An astrological thangka / divination chart used to calculate auspicious and inauspicious dates, depending on a person's day, month and year of birth. Painted on to cloth on a wheat paste gesso ground. Mounted on to black cloth.The thangka is stored in a painted tube. Extent: One astrological than...
A wooden dough mould, carved with figures and symbols. These include human, demonic and humanoid figures, astrological trigrams and astrological and other symbols. These figures are pressed into barley dough to create impressions on the surface of ritual dough offerings used in tantric rituals. E...
A flat wooden dough mould carved on one side only. It has several carvings of astrological symbols and a line of humanoid, animal headed creatures: shapes and figures that are pressed into dough offerings (torma) during specific tantric rituals. Extent: One wooden dough mould. Size and dimension...
A beautiful and complex astrological thangka / divination chart used to calculate auspicious days for important events in a person's life, depending on the day, month and year of their birth. Drawn on paper and mounted on to black cloth. Extent: One astrological thangka / divination chart. Size ...
Medical suction cups. A collection of five suction cups: two brass cones and three animal horn tips that used for "cupping" the technique of applying a vacuum to remove bad blood (black blood). The cup is applied to the skin for half an hour, the hole in the tip of the cup sealed for that time wi...
A metal container with wooden pull out drawer and five amchi medical tools, one razor sharp for cutting skin, plus a single spoon. Extent: One medical container, several small tools and a brass spoon. Size and dimensions of original material: The container is 16 x 3 x 3 cm, the spoon is 20.5 cm ...
A collections of twelve small leather bags of varying sizes. Extent: Twelve leather bags. Size and dimensions of original material: Varying from 7.5 to 14 cm long. Condition of original material: Worn and stained through age and usage. Arrangement: All material kept in the household prayer room.
A large grinding stone for producing powdered ingredients for medicines. It consist of a large flat grinding stone surface with raised lip and a smaller round stone to be held in the hand whilst grinding dried ingredients. Extent: One grinding stone. Size and dimensions of original material: 45 ...
A large leather bag brought from Tibet over two generations ago and containing medical ingredients. Extent: One leather bag. Size and dimensions of original material: 65 cm long. Condition of original material: Worn and stained through age and usage. Arrangement: All material kept in the house...
A very worn, small and simple astrological thangka / divination chart. Written text on the reverse in Tibetan Uchen script may be a mantra / blessing or perhaps a description but is very faded. Folded rather than rolled up. Used in ceremonies after the death of an individual but also in other cer...