Traditional cloth scroll paintings (thangkas). Buchen thangkas are primarily narrative, visually telling / illustrating key scenes from edifying stories of saints and Deloks. Two thangkas
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Nangsa Odbum (this is the opinion of the team, but was not validated by the current owners) The thangka appears to be the same as in the 1910-13 photograph of the stone breaking ceremony by John Coldstream taken below the village of Seeling in Pin Va...
Common title unknown: a narrative Buchen thangka illustrating a story Early 19th century
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The thangka is so faded that recognition is beyond the abilities of the team. Image (Melong) size 810 x 620 mm. Full mounted size 1060 x 735 mm. Age, perhaps 150- 200 years old. Condition poor, heavily used object with substantial fading, several holes, some tears. One Thangka The material is o...
Cloth scroll painting (thangkas) and other performance-related objects belonging to Meme Tsering Tobgye
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The "archive" belonging to an active Buchen household/lineage in the Pin Valley of Himachal Pradesh, headed by Padma Thondup. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house and include religious scroll paintings (thangka) often illustrating a particular story (namt...
Performance-related objects belonging to Meme Tsering Tobgye
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The "archive" belonging to a dormant Buchen household/lineage in the Pin Valley of Himachal Pradesh, headed by Ane Dechen Chodan. Only the Tengam was photographed: the swords, statue and katamka recorded in the survey have been lent to Meme Gatuk Sonam from Mud, who is currently based in Kinnaur...
Wooden Box: Tengam (Wylie rten sgam) རྟེན་སྒམ Early 20th century
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A simple old wooden box. 355 x 270 x 275mm. A door has been replaced. One Wooden Box The material is owned by Ane Dechen Chodon and has been handed down through several generations. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house.
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Early 20th century
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A brass statue of Tangtong Gyalpo, wrapped in a yellow Katak and pierced with a plain iron trident headed skewer (katamka). Approx 100 years old. 270mm. Katamka 170 mm (not photographed separatey) The statue has been lent to Meme Gatuk Tenzing from Mud. who has left it to guard his home in Mud r...
The texts (pecha) cloth scroll painting (thangkas) and other performance-related objects belonging to Meme Tsering Tobgye
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The "archive" belonging to an active Buchen household/lineage in the Pin Valley of Himachal Pradesh, headed by Gatuk Tenzing. All the materials in the archive are currently kept with him in his rooms at Illingi Temple in Rekong Peo, Kinnaur and include modern western-style bound books (teb); a r...
The texts (pecha) cloth scroll painting (thangkas) and other performance-related objects belonging to Meme Tsering Tobgye
Scope & Content:
The "archive" belonging to an active Buchen household/lineage in the Pin Valley of Himachal Pradesh, headed by Gatuk Tenzing. All the materials in the archive are currently kept with him in his rooms at Illingi Temple in Rekong Peo, Kinnaur and include modern western-style bound books (teb); a r...