A newly made wooden box. The older box was destroyed in a tent fire when Tsering -pa was touring amongst the nomads in the changthang area of Ladakh. 430 x 400 x 270mm
Three headed (wrathful faced) dagger, the blade is also engraved with serpent design. Tsering -pa could offer no explanation for the meaning of the serpent markings. 240mm long
A conch shell waistcoat, made up of four pieces of carved conch shell, each approx 100mm square, the centre of each marked with a small brass button, jined together with thread and string
Prayer wheel Mane Lhakor (Wylie maNi lag bskor) མ་ཎི་ལག་བསྐོར [Mid 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A very fine old prayer wheel, with a long wooden handle. Total length 470mm, the box itself is 60mm long and is finely worked in silver with an iron striker. The wooden handle is topped with silver and has a copper base. It also has a brass bell halfway up the shaft.