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11. EAP1221/18/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/18/2/3
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང་
Scope & Content:
A large wooden printing block. Carved on one side only with three separate carvings. The two carvings at either end of the block are designed to be printed on to paper or cloth, inked with a soot and water solution. One is a demon figure with feet chained, the other an animal, probably a yak. The...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
5

12. EAP1221/19/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/19/4/1
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:
A carved wooden block for printing images into dough made from roast barley flour (tsampa) for use in tantric chowa rituals. Carved with Tibetan text, probably a mantra, on one side and the six syllable mantra and the twelve animals, the twelve year signs of the Tibetan calendar on the other. Ext...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
16

13. EAP1221/19/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/19/4/2
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:
A carved wooden block for printing images into dough made from roast barley flour (tsampa) for use in tantric chowa rituals. Carvings include human and humanoid figures, symbols and the twelve animals, the twelve year signs of the Tibetan calendar on the other. Extent: One wooden dough mould. Si...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
20

14. EAP1221/19/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/19/4/3
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:
A carved wooden block for printing images into dough made from roast barley flour (tsampa) for use in tantric chowa rituals. Carvings include human and humanoid figures, symbols and the twelve animals, the twelve year signs of the Tibetan calendar on the other. Extent: One wooden dough mould. Si...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
14

15. EAP1221/20/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/20/1/13
Title:
A text in the form of a long paper scroll with images and text
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
10

16. EAP1221/21/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/21/2/2
Title:
Two horns
Scope & Content:
Two animal horns. According to the owner, these are the horns of mythical creatures. Both coming from the realm of the nagas and originally from Tibet. Two rare and special objects, used for rituals and blessings. The twisted black horn, covered in leather, the horn of a "water horse" (water unic...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
12

17. EAP1221/21/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/21/2/7
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
20

18. EAP1221/21/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/21/2/8
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
22

19. EAP1221/22/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/22/2/1
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:
A wooden block, carved with dozens of figures and symbols, used for making imprints of figures or symbols into tantric ritual offerings made from tsampa (barley dough). The figure on the horse is called Tarak mi rak (tib. རྟ་རག་མི་རག wylie. rta rag mi rag). Extent: One wooden dough mould. Size a...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
11

20. Foster 872

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 872
Title:
A model of a lion, standing on a wooden base, a halter round his neck. Artist(s): Gangaram Cintamani Tambat (fl.1790s)
Scope & Content:
A model of a lion, standing on a wooden base, a halter round his neck. Wax, possibly ‘dhuna’, the aromatic gum of the sal tree (‘Shorea robusta’), painted. Base 20.5 by 9.75 by 2 cms. Animal 12.5 cm at highest point of mane. Provenance: Malet family until 1982. Purchased 1993. Literature: ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1790-1795
Extent:
1 Item