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Project / Collection Texts, paintings and other material belonging to the Buchen of Pin Valley, India Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP749/9

1. EAP749/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/9
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 Gatuk Tenzing. All the materials in the archive are currently kept with him in his rooms at Illingi Temple in Rekong Peo, Kinnaur and include modern western-style bound books (teb); a r...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
62 Tiff files

2. EAP749/9/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/9/1
Title:
Objects
Scope & Content:
Performance related ritual objects, musical instruments, statues and elements of Buchen costumes. Twenty four objects
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
62 Tiff files

3. EAP749/9/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/9/1/1
Title:
Charm Box: Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Late 19th century
Scope & Content:
A fine copper charm box with iron back, 150 x 118 and 50 mm deep. Finely worked silver front, complete with cloth cover and waist straps. Window contains image of blue Tamdin. One charm box The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of the material is relatively new. All the materials in ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
4 Tiff files

4. EAP749/9/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/9/1/2
Title:
Dagger: Dorje Phorba (Wylie rdo rje phur pa) རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ mid to late 20th century
Scope & Content:
Three headed (wrathful faced) brass dagger. Unpainted 270mm long with red and black cloth attached. At the top of the dagger is the small figure of a horse (tamdin). One metal dagger The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of the material is relatively new. All the materials in the arc...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
3 Tiff files

5. EAP749/9/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/9/1/3
Title:
Dagger: Dorje Phorba (Wylie rdo rje phur pa) རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ Early 21st century
Scope & Content:
New wooden dagger carved by the meme Buchen himself from a special wood called Ker shing (wylie skyer shing). One wooden dagger The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of the material is relatively new. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house. This...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2000-2015
Extent:
1 Tiff file

6. EAP749/9/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/9/1/4
Title:
Swords: Ralti (Wylie ral gri) རལ་གྲི late 19th century
Scope & Content:
One pair of plain old swords, One handle broken 770 mm. One pair swords The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of the material is relatively new. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house. This was not seen: materials were brought out into the livin...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
2 Tiff files

7. EAP749/9/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/9/1/5
Title:
Iron pointer: Chak Dhar (Wylie lcags mda'') ལྕགས་མདའ Early 20th century
Scope & Content:
Twisted iron pointer with wooden handle missing. 650mm. Yellow silk attached. One iron pointer The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of the material is relatively new. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house. This was not seen: materials were bro...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
1 Tiff file

8. EAP749/9/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/9/1/6
Title:
Bell: Drilbu (Wylie dril bu) དྲིལ་བུ and Dorje Ritual Thunderbolt: vajra/ dorje Dorje (Wylie rdo rje) རྡོ་རྗེ Early 21st century
Scope & Content:
A new brass bell, 160 mm long, with a face on the upper handle of an enlightened Budhha. New Dorje is 120 mm long. One Bell and Dorje The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of the material is relatively new. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2000-2015
Extent:
2 Tiff files

9. EAP749/9/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/9/1/7
Title:
Conch shell chest ornament: Tonka (Wylie thong ga) ཐོང་ག Early 20th century
Scope & Content:
A conch shell waistcoat, made up of four pieces of carved conch shell. Three approx 85 x 75 mm square. One 75 x 70. Joined together with woven thread and string. The centre of each piece is marked with a silver quarter rupee coin. One conch shell chest ornament The material is owned by Meme Gat...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
2 Tiff files

10. EAP749/9/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/9/1/8
Title:
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Late 19th century
Scope & Content:
Regilded statue of Tangtong Gyalpo 270mm, wrapped in a yellow katak, with turquoise necklace and turquoise and coral necklace. New silver trident headed skewer with crystal jewels. 220 mm. One statue The material is owned by Meme Gatuk Sonam. Much of the material is relatively new. All the mat...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
5 Tiff files

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