Project / Collection: Texts, paintings and other material belonging to the Buchen of Pin Valley, India / Digitised Content Platform: Endangered Archives Programme - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP749/2/3/2
Title:: Ritual Thunderbolt: Nine headed vajra/ dorje Dorje tsegu (Wylie rdo rje rtse dgu) རྡོ་རྗེ་རྩེ་དགུ Bell: Drilbu (Wylie dril bu) དྲིལ་བུ Approx 1850
Scope & Content:: Old Brass Vajra with multicolored thread attached. 110mm. One Iron bell with a brass vajra top section and colourful cloth cover 175mm long. The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1850
Extent:: 2 Tiff files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP749/2/3/3
Title:: Cymbals: Bubchel (Wylie sbubs ’chal) སྦུབས་འཆལ Approx 1850
Scope & Content:: A pair of Brass cymbals with leather and woven string handles. Size 230mm. One pair cymbals The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje 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 the...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1850
Extent:: 6 Tiff files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP749/2/3/4
Title:: Charm Box: Kau (Wylie ga’u) གའུ། or Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Approx 1850
Scope & Content:: A finely worked, silver fronted charm box, with eight auspicious symbols. The deity is Red Hyagryph / Tamdin (red face and red body). Back is brass with copper attachments. Dark red embroidered cloth cover and belt 445 x 110 x 55mm. The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje and has been hand...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1850
Extent:: 2 Tiff files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP749/2/3/5
Title:: Ear ornaments: Pendap (Wylie pad ’dab) པད་འདབ Approx 1850
Scope & Content:: One pair of silver pendap originally decorated with six turquoise stones (central turquoise missing on both). Woven thread and copper hooks to attach to the ears. 70mm diameter. The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations ...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1850
Extent:: 2 Tiff files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP749/2/3/6
Title:: Charm Box: Kau (Wylie ga’u) གའུ། or Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Approx 1850
Scope & Content:: A finely worked, silver fronted charm box four out of an original five turquoise stones in place, colourful woven strap. 50 x 60 x 15 mm. One Charm Box The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the mat...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1850
Extent:: 2 Tiff files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP749/2/3/7
Title:: Swords: Ralti (Wylie ral gri) རལ་གྲི Approx 1850
Scope & Content:: Two swords, not a pair. Engraved iron handle with flowers, yellow and blue thread attached. 810/800 mm. The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje 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 praye...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1850
Extent:: 5 Tiff files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP749/2/3/8
Title:: Iron pointer: Chak Dhar (Wylie lcags mda'') ལྕགས་མདའ Approx 1850
Scope & Content:: Wooden handled twisted iron chakdhar with blue orange and red cloth attached. The metal next to the handle is engraved. Spherical iron tip. 710mm. The pointer may have been mended a third of the way along its length. One iron pointer The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje and has been hand...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1850
Extent:: 1 Tiff file

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP749/2/3/9
Title:: Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Approx 1850
Scope & Content:: Statue of Tangtong Gyalpo. Size 250mm high. Face silver with mouth and eyes painted red. Back of the head is brass. Covered with golden silk cloth, semi precious stones, turquoise and coral, five rupee banknotes and a rosette with a photo of a Dudjom Rinpoche a major nyingma rinpoche. One statue...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1850
Extent:: 5 Tiff files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP749/2/3/10
Title:: Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Approx 1850
Scope & Content:: Statue of Tangtong Gyalpo. Size 270mm high. Hand made from clay. Face and body painted. Covered in golden silk cloth, one five rupee banknote, pearl necklace garlands of artificial flowers, gold tinsel and beads. Seated on a lotus throne, holding iron chain links in one hand and a long life vase...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1850
Extent:: 6 Tiff files

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP749/2/3/11
Title:: Water bowls: ing (Wylie ting) ཏིང Approx 1850
Scope & Content:: Seven small brass butter lamps being used as water bowls. 53mm x 25 mm. Seven water bowls The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje 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 the h...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1850
Extent:: 1 Tiff file

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