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61. EAP1221/18/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/18/2/2
Title:
ཐང་ཀ
Scope & Content:
An unmounted woodblock printed cloth thangka. Central figure of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) also known locally as Urgyen Rinpoche. Eight other gurus surround the central figure, the eight manifestations / emanations of Padmasambhava. གུ་རུ་མཚན་བརྒྱད་གྱི་པར་མ་ཐང་ཀ་ A guru thangka. Locally this d...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2

62. EAP1221/18/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/18/2/3
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང་
Scope & Content:
A large wooden printing block. Carved on one side only with three separate carvings. The two carvings at either end of the block are designed to be printed on to paper or cloth, inked with a soot and water solution. One is a demon figure with feet chained, the other an animal, probably a yak. The...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
5

63. EAP1221/18/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/18/2/4
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང་
Scope & Content:
A square shaped wooden printing block carved on two sides with circular shapes, each containing written mantras. The carvings are designed to be printed on to paper or cloth, inked with a soot and water solution. Extent: one wooden printing block. Size and dimensions of original material: 16.5 c...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2

64. EAP1221/18/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/18/2/5
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང་
Scope & Content:
A small wooden dough mould carved on one side only with two figures, one a naga like figure, the other a lama like figure. These carvings are "printed" into dough to make figures used in tantric rituals. These dough impressions are probably of Lud (Tib. གླུད Wylie. glud)primarily used in ransom e...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
3

65. EAP1221/18/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/18/2/6
Title:
གདུགས་དཀར
Scope & Content:
A circular printed image containing many mantras. Commonly used as a protective device hung on the door, worn (folded) around the neck or inside a stitched silk square cover. Removed at night. A paper chart printed from a large woodblock. The image displays concentric circles of text, in Tibetan ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2

66. EAP1221/19/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/19/4/1
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:
A carved wooden block for printing images into dough made from roast barley flour (tsampa) for use in tantric chowa rituals. Carved with Tibetan text, probably a mantra, on one side and the six syllable mantra and the twelve animals, the twelve year signs of the Tibetan calendar on the other. Ext...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
16

67. EAP1221/19/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/19/4/2
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:
A carved wooden block for printing images into dough made from roast barley flour (tsampa) for use in tantric chowa rituals. Carvings include human and humanoid figures, symbols and the twelve animals, the twelve year signs of the Tibetan calendar on the other. Extent: One wooden dough mould. Si...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
20

68. EAP1221/19/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/19/4/3
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:
A carved wooden block for printing images into dough made from roast barley flour (tsampa) for use in tantric chowa rituals. Carvings include human and humanoid figures, symbols and the twelve animals, the twelve year signs of the Tibetan calendar on the other. Extent: One wooden dough mould. Si...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
14

69. EAP1221/19/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/19/4/4
Title:
ཐོ་མོ་ཆེ / མཐོ་མོ་ཆེ
Scope & Content:
A painted wooden staff used by the nyahon, the head of the group of wedding singers. The staff is an important element in the performance of the stone songs, an elaborate and competitive ceremony undertaken during large Spiti weddings. Extent: One wooden staff. Size and dimensions of original ma...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
2

70. EAP1221/20/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/20/1/13
Title:
A text in the form of a long paper scroll with images and text
Scope & Content:
An untitled text. A long woodblock printed roll containing numerous signs and symbols, The eight auspicious Tibetansymbols; images of Boddhisatvas, daggers, animals like snakes, birds rabbits dogs and horse; the sun and moon. Extent: One text in the form of a long thin paper scroll. Size and dim...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
10