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Subject Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)

131. EAP749/2/3/8

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

132. EAP749/2/3/9

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

133. EAP749/2/3/10

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

134. EAP749/2/3/11

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

135. EAP749/2/3/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/2/3/12
Title:
Trident headed skewers: Katamka (Wylie khtraMm kha) ཁཏྲཾམ་ཁ (Or Trishul (Wylie tri shul) ཏྲི་ཤུལ Mid 19th century
Scope & Content:
An old undecorated silver trident headed skewer with rivet. 160 mm. One skewer 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 house. This ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 19th century
Extent:
2 Tiff files

136. EAP749/2/3/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/2/3/13
Title:
Five Buddha Family (Hat): Gyalwa Rig Nga (Wylie rgyal ba rigs lnga) རྒྱལ་བ་རིགས་ལྔ Early 21st Century
Scope & Content:
A five section hat, home made from a cardboard box, decorated with sacred mantra in red ink. Stitched on to cloth strip. Each section approximately 175 x 115mm. One hat The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Bu...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2000-2015
Extent:
4 Tiff files

137. EAP749/2/3/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/2/3/14
Title:
Five Buddha Family (Hat): Gyalwa Rig Nga (Wylie rgyal ba rigs lnga) རྒྱལ་བ་རིགས་ལྔ Early 21st Century
Scope & Content:
A five section hat, home made from corrugated cardboard box, central section decorated with symbol of five family buddha. Stitched on to cloth strip. Each section approximately 150 x 95mm. One hat The material is owned by Meme Chettan Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through se...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2000-2015
Extent:
4 Tiff files

138. EAP749/2/3/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/2/3/15
Title:
Conch / (Dharma) conch: Chö dun (Wylie chos dung) ཆོས་དུང Approx 1850
Scope & Content:
A decorated conch shell, engraved with parallel lines. 170mm long x 95mm wide threaded with cotton cloth. One Conch 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 withi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Tiff file

139. EAP749/2/3/16

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/2/3/16
Title:
Necklace: Oltic (Wylie ol tig) ཨོལ་ཏིག Mid 18th century
Scope & Content:
One turquoise, silver and coral necklace 600m. 14 turquoise pieces, thirteen coral and twelve decorated silver rings. One necklace 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...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 Tiff file

140. EAP749/2/3/17

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/2/3/17
Title:
Prayer wheel: Mane Lhakor (Wylie maNi lag bskor) མ་ཎི་ལག་བསྐོར Approx 1850
Scope & Content:
One wooden handled engraved silver prayer wheel with single striker. Total length 300mm. Handle 170mm. Box 85 cm wide x 55 cm deep. Decorated with eight auspicious symbols and lanza script. Eight lotus flowers on base of box. Mantras inside. One Prayer wheel The material is owned by Meme Chetta...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Tiff file