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Project / Collection Lama Mani: the texts and narrative thangkas of India’s exiled Tibetan storytellers Digitised Content Platform Endangered Archives Programme Material Type Artefacts

1. EAP1016/1/1/1

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EAP1016/1/1/1
Title:
A conch [Early 18th century]
Scope & Content:
A conch. Dung. Tib. དུང (Wylie dung) or (Dharma) conch. Chö dung. Tib. ཆོས་དུང (Wylie chos dung) A plain undecorated conch shell used to attract an audience and announce the beginning of a Lama Mani performance. Red and green patterned cloth and beads attached. 18 x 10cm.. Creation dates: Early ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

2. EAP1016/1/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/1/2
Title:
A dagger [Early 18th century]
Scope & Content:
A dagger. Dorje Phurpa རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ་ (Wylie rdo rje phur pa) Three faced dagger, made from bronze and iron, 21.5 cm long. An object commonly used in tantric ritual performances. The main section of the handle is in the form of a dorje (skt vajra) with a mythological creature (a makara) at the j...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
9 TIFF images

3. EAP1016/1/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/1/3
Title:
A bronze mirror [Early 18th century]
Scope & Content:
A bronze mirror. Melong མེ་ལོང་ (Wylie Me long). 13 x 7.5 cm. The mirror is used by the Lord of Death in Buchen performances in Spiti as a karmic mirror, relecting the life and the good and bad deeds of someone who has just died. Whether it was used in Lama Mani readings is unknown. This particu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

4. EAP1016/1/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/1/4
Title:
A copper box [Early 18th century]
Scope & Content:
A copper box. Kau གའུ་ (Wylie ga’u) 12 x 9.5 x 4 cm ( 12 x 15 x 4 with edges) A pendant box worn around the neck or occasionally on the lower back. A reliquary box, charm box or amulet used to hold religious objects such as small deity statues or printed paper mantras. . Creation dates: Early 18...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

5. EAP1016/1/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/1/5
Title:
A silver fronted copper box [Early 18th century]
Scope & Content:
A silver fronted copper box. གའུ་ (Wylie ga’u) 11 x 8 x 4 cm. A pendant box worn around the neck or occasionally on the lower back. A reliquary box, charm box or amulet used to hold religious objects such as small deity statues or printed paper mantras. . Creation dates: Early 18th century. Actu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
4 TIFF images

6. EAP1016/1/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/1/6
Title:
Bell and Dorje. Nine pronged Dorje [Early 18th century]
Scope & Content:
Bell and Dorje. Nine pronged Dorje རྡོ་རྗེ་ (Wylie rdo rje) or Dorje tsegu རྡོ་རྗེ་ (rdo rje rtse dgu). Dorje is 12.5 cm long. Bell. Drilbu དྲིལ་བུ་ (Wylie dril bu) Bell is 18.5 cm long and 10cm in diameter. . Creation dates: Early 18th century. Actual date unknown but suggested by current owner...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
3 TIFF images

7. EAP1016/1/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/1/7
Title:
A copper and brass Prayer wheel with long wooden handle [Early 18th century]
Scope & Content:
A copper and brass Prayer wheel with long wooden handle. Mane Lhakor མ་ཎི་ལག་བསྐོར་ (Wylie maNi lag bskor) 61 cm long. The box is 12.5 cm across and 8.5 cm deep . Creation dates: Early 18th century. Actual date unknown but suggested by current owner. Custodial history: An item owned by the fami...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 TIFF images

8. EAP1016/1/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/1/8
Title:
A statue of the future Buddha (Maitreya) [Early 18th century]
Scope & Content:
A statue of the future Buddha (Maitreya). Jampa. བྱམས་པ་ (Wylie byams pa) or Lord Maitreya Jampé Gönpo བྱམས་པ་མགོན་པོ་ (Wylie byams pa'i mgon po). 10 x 16.5 cm . Creation dates: Early 18th century. Date suggested by current owner. Custodial history: An item owned by the family of Buchen Pema Ts...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
5 TIFF images

9. EAP1016/1/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/1/9
Title:
A wooden drinking cup [Early 18th century]
Scope & Content:
A wooden drinking cup in the form of a bowl with silver decorations around its base and a decorated silver lid, 10 cm across. . Creation dates: Early 18th century. Date suggested by current owner. Custodial history: An item owned by the family of Buchen Pema Tsewang and passed down through gene...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
7 TIFF images

10. EAP1016/1/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/1/10
Title:
Red woollen hat [Early 18th century]
Scope & Content:
Hat. A simple red woollen hat in the form of a single piece of knitted material worn by Lama Manipa during performances / narrations . Creation dates: Early 18th century. Date suggested by current owner. Custodial history: An item owned by the family of Buchen Pema Tsewang and passed down throu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 TIFF images

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