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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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....
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...
The household collection of Phuntsog Namgyal. A collection of wedding song texts.Custodial history: The Collection of Spiti song texts belongs to Phuntsog Namgyal from Kibber. His father Nawang Dorje was a famous nyahon (Spiti singer) as was his grandfather Sonam Tseten. Serku did not become a ny...
An untitled, handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A book constructed from sheets of handmade paper 29 x 23 cm, folded to 29 x 11.5 cm and simply stitched with a loop of thread through the centre. The subject matter of this text are Dong Shak Lu ( tib. གདོང...
An untitled, handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) in "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Umé) script. A book of separate folios of handmade paper 22 x 10 cm, though some pages are much smaller than this due to wear. The subject matter of this text are Zum Lu (tib. འཛོམས་གླུ། ...wylie.་'dzoms glu ) which are ...