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Project / Collection Texts, paintings and other material belonging to the Buchen of Pin Valley, India Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP749/19

1. EAP749/19

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/19
Title:
The texts (pecha) cloth scroll painting (thangkas) and other performance-related objects belonging to Meme Tsering Tobgye
Scope & Content:
The "archive" belonging to an active Buchen household/lineage in the Pin Valley of Himachal Pradesh, headed by Sonam Palden. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of a modern house and include traditional unbound and hand written Tibetan texts on paper (pecha); modern ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
212 Tiff files

2. EAP749/19/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/19/1
Title:
Texts (pecha)
Scope & Content:
Traditional unbound and hand written Tibetan texts on paper (pecha) as well as photocopies of pecha. One file of texts
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
128 Tiff files

3. EAP749/19/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/19/1/1
Title:
༄། །འདས་ལོག་གླིང་ས་ཆོས་སྐྱིད་ཀྱི་རྣམ་ཐར་བཞུགས་སོ།། The story of Lingza Choskyit (Wylie ''das log gling sa chos skyid kyi rnam thar bzhugs so) Mid 19th Century
Scope & Content:
A traditional handwritten/handcopied, undecorated and unbound Tibetan book (pecha), on handmade paper, telling the story of the Delok Lingsa Choskyit, who entered the netherworld between life and death, witnessed the realms of hell and came back to report on the future that might await. Written ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
128 Tiff files

4. EAP749/19/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/19/2
Title:
Cloth scroll painting (thangkas)
Scope & Content:
Traditional cloth scroll paintings (thangkas). Buchen thangkas are primarily narrative, visually telling / illustrating key scenes from edifying stories of saints and Deloks. One thangka
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
50 Tiff files

5. EAP749/19/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/19/2/1
Title:
མཁའ་འགྲོའི་བུ་མོ་འགྲོ་བ་བཟང་མོ༏ The story of Kandroma Drowa Zangmo (Wylie mkha'' ''gro''i bu mo ''gro ba bzang mo) Late 20th century
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Drowa Zangmo. Image (Melong) size 825 x 602 mm. About 20 year''s old. One Thangka The material is owned by Meme Sonam Palden and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive are...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
50 Tiff files

6. EAP749/19/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/19/3
Title:
Objects
Scope & Content:
Performance related ritual objects, musical instruments, statues and elements of Buchen costumes. Nine objects
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
34 Tiff files

7. EAP749/19/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/19/3/1
Title:
Dagger: Dorje Phorba (Wylie rdo rje phur pa) རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ Late 20th century
Scope & Content:
Three headed (wrathful faced) dagger. 220mm long. One dagger The material is owned by Meme Sonam Palden and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of a modern house.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
4 Tiff files

8. EAP749/19/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/19/3/2
Title:
Conch shell chest ornament: Tonka (Wylie thong ga) ཐོང་ག Late 19th century
Scope & Content:
A conch shell waistcoat, usually made up of four pieces of carved conch shell, this item has only two pieces in place, each approx 75mm square. One conch shell chest ornament The material is owned by Meme Sonam Palden and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of he...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2 Tiff files

9. EAP749/19/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/19/3/3
Title:
Five Buddha Family (Hat): Gyalwa Rig Nga (Wylie rgyal ba rigs lnga) རྒྱལ་བ་རིགས་ལྔ Late 19th century
Scope & Content:
An old five section hat stitched together with a cloth headband. Each section is approximately 182 x 95 mm and painted. Perhaps 100 years old? Painted with images of the Buddha. Constructed from a stiff material made from thin layers of cloth bound together with animal skin glue and wheat paste....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
10 Tiff files

10. EAP749/19/3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/19/3/4
Title:
Five Buddha Family (Hat): Gyalwa Rig Nga (Wylie rgyal ba rigs lnga) རྒྱལ་བ་རིགས་ལྔ Early 21st century
Scope & Content:
A new, modern, home made cardboard Five Buddha Family Hat marked with mantra Om A Hum. Each section approx 100 x 160mm. One hat The material is owned by Meme Sonam Palden and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive are...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2000-2015
Extent:
1 Tiff file

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