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1. EAP1221/1/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/1/3/1
Title:
གབ་རྩེ
Scope & Content:
An astrological thangka. A beautiful and very detailed scroll painting on cloth coated in wheat flour gesso (pak). Mounted on to brown cloth. Extent: One thangka. Size and dimensions of original material: 81 cm x 49 cm. The image area ( melong) is 63 x 29 cm. Condition of original material: Good ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
5

2. EAP1221/1/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/1/3/2
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:
A carved wooden block for printing images on to paper or cloth for use in tantric chowa rituals. Extent: One printing block. Size and dimensions of original material: 29 x 18 x 2 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition for its age. Arrangement: All material is kept in the prayer room.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
4

3. EAP1221/1/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/1/3/3
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. Extent: One printing block. Size and dimensions of original material: 39 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition for its age. Arrangement: All mat...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
4

4. EAP1221/1/3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/1/3/4
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. Extent: One printing block. Size and dimensions of original material: 32 x 4.5 x 4 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition for its age. Arrangement: All mater...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
38

5. EAP1221/1/3/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/1/3/5
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:
A carved wooden block for printing images on to paper or cloth for use in tantric chowa rituals. Extent: One printing block. Size and dimensions of original material: 23.5 x 11 x 2 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition for its age. Arrangement: All material is kept in the prayer ro...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
3

6. EAP1221/4/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/4/2/1
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:
A wooden dough mould. Known in Spiti by the generic term par shing, which refers to various kinds of carved wooden blocks used to print text and images on to paper or cloth. These specialist dough moulds are exclusively used for making impressions of figures or symbols into ritual offerings, made...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
4

7. EAP1221/4/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/4/2/2
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:
A wooden dough mould. Known in Spiti by the generic term par shing, which refers to various kinds of carved wooden blocks used to print text and images on to paper or cloth. These specialist dough moulds are exclusively used for making impressions of figures or symbols into ritual offerings, made...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Mid 20th century
Extent:
4

8. EAP1221/4/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/4/2/3
Title:
དཔར་ཤིང
Scope & Content:
A wooden dough mould. Known in Spiti by the generic term par shing, which refers to various kinds of carved wooden blocks used to print text and images on to paper or cloth. These specialist dough moulds are exclusively used for making impressions of figures or symbols into ritual offerings, made...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Mid 20th century
Extent:
2

9. EAP1221/6/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/6/2/1
Title:
Perhaps མེ་ལྕགས།
Scope & Content:
Two iron medical objects, with knurled surface on the flat handles. These "fire irons" are heated in the fire then applied to the body. The skin is then punctured through the three holes in their ends. Extent: Two fire irons. Size and dimensions of original material: 29 cm x 6 cm. Custodial his...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1

10. EAP1221/6/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1221/6/2/2
Title:
མེ་བུམ
Scope & Content:
A copper bowl with brass rim used for cupping. A fire vessel heated to create suction on the skin, a technique of Tibetan medicine. Extent: One copper cupping bowl. Size and dimensions of original material: 6 cm high 7 cm wide at rim, 9 cm wide at max width. Custodial history: All items handed ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
3