A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. An untitled text in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A single sheet of folded paper. Writing on one side only. A short prayer, an offering to the yaksha (Tib གནོད་སྦྱིན་ Wylie gnod sbyin) Potentially very harmful spirits and d...
A text in the form of a long paper scroll with images and text
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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...
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Written in both "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script and in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A divination text. Perhaps a section of a tsipa (astrologer) text describing how to recognise / calculate good and bad, auspicious and ina...
A human skull cup or ka pa la. An object commonly used in tantric rituals. Extent: One skull cup. Size and dimensions of original material: 15.5 x 13 x 6 cm. Arrangement: Kept in the prayer room.
Two brass stands for the human skull cup. Extent: Brass stands. Size and dimensions of original material: 13 x 8 cm. Arrangement: Kept in the prayer room.
A collection of small objects, two conches, a dagger with a broken blade, a vajra, and a tsa tas mould. Extent: A collection of six small objects. Size and dimensions of original material: various. Arrangement: Kept in the prayer room.
An astrological thangka / divination chart consulted by astrologers in order to work out auspicious dates according to the year, month and date of birth of the individual requesting the information. Extent: One astrological thangka / divination chart. Size and dimensions of original material: 23 ...
The household collection of Tenzin Chhoephel. A collection of ritual texts and artefacts. Custodial history: The older material has been handed down from father to son for at least four generations. Arrangement: All the material is stored in the prayer room (not seen) and was brought out to be me...
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Written in both "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen ) script and "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. No title page but this is a text for a Cha drol (tib. བྱད་གྲོལ།) ritual. A ritual performed for people who have been diagnosed (by lamas, or...
A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Written in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen ) script. No title page but this is a text for a ritual dealing with and dispelling the eighty bad evils. Performed rarely, perhaps two or three times a year. ལྟས་ངན་བརྒྱད་ཅུ། ལྟ་ངན negative ...