The household collection of Dorje Chherring. A collection of ritual texts and ritual artefacts and a single wedding speech text. Arrangement: All material is kept in the prayer room.
A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A text for a ritual offering for three gods, probably the local gods Dorje Chenmo and her two sisters Dorje Yudon, Dorje Choedon The text refers to Dorje Chenmo, the protector of many monasteries in ...
The household collection of Nyima Dorje. A collection of ritual texts and ritual artefacts.Custodial history: All the material was passed to the current owner by his father. Nyima Dorje is not a practising chowa but his father, grandfather and great grandfather were well established and well resp...
A three sided brass dagger (phur ba or dorje phur ba) wrapped in cloth. Though the face of the deity is no longer clearly recognisable, the small horse head at the top of the handle indicates this is the wrathful protector deity Hayagriva (Tib.རྟ་མགྲིན་ Wylie rta mgrin), commonly invoked in Tantr...
The household collection of Gatuk Chherring. A collection of ritual texts and ritual artefacts. Arrangement: All the material is kept within the prayer room (not seen).
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on modern paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A tantric ritual involving the construction of a large three sided torma (ཟོར) as a weapon to be used against evil spirits. ཟོར་ལམ་བཞུགས་སོ། ཟོར a large malign torma, magic weapon ལམ the road or way o...