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Project / Collection Lama Mani: the texts and narrative thangkas of India’s exiled Tibetan storytellers Material Type Artefacts

11. 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

12. EAP1016/1/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/1/11
Title:
A three legged folding iron support, two brass bowls, three beaded circular ring supports and a wooden ornament [Early 18th century]
Scope & Content:
A three legged folding iron support, two brass bowls, three beaded circular ring supports and a wooden ornament. Together these items form a portable kit for the Lama Manipa performer to construct into a multilayered geometric offering mandala of barley grains and other elements.. Creation dates...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
8 TIFF images

13. EAP1016/1/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/1/12
Title:
An iron pointer [Early 18th century]
Scope & Content:
An iron pointer. Chak Dhar ལྕགས་མདའ (Wylie lcags mda') A key item for all Lama Manipas, used to indicate key scenes of the story being told that are depicted on a narrative thangka . 88 cm long, decorated with attachments including a white scarf (katak), red string, and a multicoloured cloth wit...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 TIFF images

14. EAP1016/1/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/1/1/13
Title:
One brass spoon and one copper spoon and copper bowls [Early 18th century]
Scope & Content:
One brass spoon and one copper spoon and copper bowls. Spoons 16 and 22 cm long. Copper bowls ( 12 and 14 cm across) The copper bowls held water or Tibetan beer (chang). Water, herbs and pills (Wylie ril bu) would be served to the audience from the spoons during performances. The previous owner,...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
3 TIFF images

15. EAP1016/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/2/1
Title:
Objects [Late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
Extent and format of original material: Three items. This Series contains the following 3 Files: EAP1016/2/1/1: An undecorated (Dharma) conch shell [Late 19th century] EAP1016/2/1/2: A brass ritual thunderbolt, Vajra in Sanskrit or Dorje in Tibetan [Late 19th century] EAP1016/2/1/3: An iron bel...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
5 TIFF images

16. EAP1016/2/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/2/1/1
Title:
An undecorated (Dharma) conch shell [Late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
An undecorated (Dharma) conch shell. Chö dung ཆོས་དུང (Wylie chos dung). Conches are used to announce the arrival of Lama Mani or the start of their narrative performances. 17.5 cm long. Creation dates: Probably late 19th Century. Unknown date but over 100 years old. Custodial history: An item ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
3 TIFF images

17. EAP1016/2/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/2/1/2
Title:
A brass ritual thunderbolt, Vajra in Sanskrit or Dorje in Tibetan [Late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A brass ritual thunderbolt, Vajra in Sanskrit or Dorje in Tibetan. རྡོ་རྗེ (Wylie rdo rje). 12.5 cm long. . Creation dates: Probably late 19th Century. Unknown date but over 100 years old. Custodial history: An item owned by the family of Buchen Norgye, the late husband of the current owner, an...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1 TIFF images

18. EAP1016/2/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/2/1/3
Title:
An iron bell with brass handle [Late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
An iron bell with brass handle. Drilbu དྲིལ་བུ (Wylie dril bu). 17.5 cm long. Creation dates: Probably late 19th Century. Unknown date but over 100 years old. Custodial history: An item owned by the family of Buchen Norgye, the late husband of the current owner, and passed down through generati...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1 TIFF images

19. EAP1016/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/1
Title:
Objects [Late 19th century-Early 21st century]
Scope & Content:
Extent and format of original material: Five objects. This Series contains the following 5 Files: EAP1016/3/1/1: A brass pointer [Late 19th century] EAP1016/3/1/2: A green, red and yellow hat [Mid 20th century] EAP1016/3/1/3: A photocopy of a letter of recommendation for Buchen Gyurme [Late 20t...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable and Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 21st century
Extent:
10 TIFF images

20. EAP1016/3/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1016/3/1/1
Title:
A brass pointer [Late 19th century]
Scope & Content:
A brass pointer, square in cross section and with a mantra engraved on the shaft. 92 cm long, decorated with attachments including trinkets, small bells, a piece of red thread, a ring, and an image of the Buddha. Such pointers are used by Lama Manipas to indicate key scenes depicted on a narrati...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2 TIFF images

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