A human thighbone trumpet. A section of the shaft is partially bound in copper wire and leather. A musical instrument for use in tantric rituals. Attached is cloth of five colours, and a blue-green cloth. Extent: One human thighbone trumpet. Size and dimensions of original material: 28 cm long. ...
An undecorated human thighbone trumpet A musical instrument for use in tantric rituals. Extent: One human thighbone trumpet. Size and dimensions of original material: 26 cm long. Custodial history: The older material has been handed down from father to son for at least four generations. Arrang...
A ritual knife with curved blade and with vajra attachments. A tantric ceremonial symbolic weapon, a tool of the gods. Iron, bronze and wood. Extent: One ritual knife. Size and dimensions of original material: 29 cm long 10 cm wide at its maximun. 3 cm deep. Condition of original material: Dark...
A small wooden birchwood block, carved with figures and symbols, used for making imprints of into tantric ritual offerings made from tsampa (barley dough). This particular dough mould is only used for one ceremony, giving alms and offerings to bad spirits, and each symbol and figure is separately...
A long thin, asymmetrical hexagonal wooden block, carved with dozens of small animal and human figures and symbols, used for making imprints of figures or symbols into tantric ritual offerings made from tsampa (barley dough). The figures on this dough mould are used in many different chowa ritual...
A long thin rectangular wooden block, carved with dozens of animal and human figures and symbols, used for making imprints of figures or symbols into tantric ritual offerings made from tsampa (barley dough). The figures on this dough mould are used in many different chowa rituals. A small handle ...
An iron box ladle and iron spoon used in tantric fire ceremonies (exorcisms) to pour butter or hot mustard oil on to a sacrificial fire (as prescribed in the relevant text). Extent: One box ladle and one spoon. Size and dimensions of original material: Ladle is 85 cm long and 12 cm wide at its wi...
The household collection of Onpo Tenzin Takpa. A collection of ritual texts and ritual 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...
An unidentified, untitled, unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Handwritten in "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. Held together by string through a hole pierced through the pages. Extent: One unbound book consisting of fifteen folios. Size and dimensions of original material: Ea...
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on modern paper. Written in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. This is an incense ritual, a treasure text (terma) composed by Guru Rinpoche (In the nyingma tradition, such treasure texts are assumed to have been found in the earth) སློབ་པོན་པདྨའི་གསུངས་པའ...