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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/13/2/1
Title:: ཞ་མོ་
Scope & Content:: A chowa's hat, made from maroon (red brown) coloured silk and leather. Worn on specific ritual occasions, for example for a fire ceremony, but not for all ritual performances. Extent: One hat.Size and dimensions of original material: 28 x 30 cm. Condition of original material: Worn and creased t...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 2

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/13/2/2
Title:: Metal artefact
Scope & Content:: Two metal objects joined by a metal chain: a file/scraper and a metal artefact containing five metals: gold, silver, iron, copper and brass. Powder produced from all five metals is added to ritual dough offerings (torma) in some ceremonies. Extent: One artefact. Size and dimensions of original m...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 2

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/13/2/3
Title:: མར་རྟགས ?
Scope & Content:: An animal bone "piping syringe", probably made from the lower leg bone of a sheep. The bone has a hole drilled in its end, and is filled with butter which is extruded with a stick "plunger", to create butter piping to decorate ritual dough offerings (torma). Extent: One animal bone piping syringe...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 2

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/13/2/4
Title:: ཏིང་ཤགས།
Scope & Content:: Tingshag. A pair of small hand cymbals joined together with a leather thong. Extent: One pair of small cymbals. Size and dimensions of original material: Each 7.2 cm in diameter 2 cm high. Arrangement: All the material is kept within the prayer room (not seen).
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 2

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/13/2/5
Title:: རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་བ།
Scope & Content:: Dorje phurba. A three side iron tantric dagger with attached cloth. Three heads of the protector deity Tamdrin (Hyagrypha) the wrathful manifestation of Avalokiteshvara. Extent: One dagger. Size and dimensions of original material: 23.5 cm long x 3 cm wide. Arrangement: All the material is kept ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 3

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/13/2/6
Title:: རྐང་གླིང་།
Scope & Content:: A human thighbone trumpet. A common tantric artefact. Made, according to the owner, from the arm of a 25 year old woman. (it is usually the femur). Unusually this trumpet has a section of animal horn taped to the end. Extent: One human thighbone trumpet. Size and dimensions of original material:...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/13/2/7
Title:: དུང་།
Scope & Content:: Two small conches. Extent: Two conches. Size and dimensions of original material: One 15 cm x 8.5 cm, the other 7.5 cm x 5 cm. Arrangement: All the material is kept within the prayer room (not seen).
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 2

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/13/2/8
Title:: དུང་ཆོས་དང་རྡོ་རྗེ་གཟུངས་ཐག
Scope & Content:: A small conch shell, with miniature vajra and mantra thread, used together in rituals. Extent: One conch with vajra and mantra thread. Size and dimensions of original material: Conch is 7.5 cm x 5 cm. Vajra is 5,5 cm x 1,5 cm. Arrangement: All the material is kept within the prayer room (not seen...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 1

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/13/2/9
Title:: མེ་ལོང་།
Scope & Content:: A brass mirror and attached modern katak. Extent: One mirror and cloth. Size and dimensions of original material: 11.6 cm diameter and 0.5 cm deep. Arrangement: All the material is kept within the prayer room (not seen).
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 2

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP1221/13/2/10
Title:: རྡོ་རྗེ་དང་དྲིལ་བུ།
Scope & Content:: A bell and vajra / dorje. Two ritual items stored and used together. Extent: One bell and one vajra. Size and dimensions of original material: Bell is 17 cm x 9cm in diameter, the vajra 12 cm long x 2.5 cm wide. Arrangement: All the material is kept within the prayer room (not seen).
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Tibetan
Date Range:: Late 19th century
Extent:: 1

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