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Subject Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)

221. EAP749/5/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/5/2/5
Title:
Wooden Printing Block. Shing par (Wylie shing dpar) ཤིང་དཔར Early 20th century
Scope & Content:
Approx size. 8 x 30 cm. Approximate Age 70-80 years. Carved with images of male and female demons, both with iron chains around their legs. Some mantras in Tibetan lettering. These carved wooden blocks are printed with soot and water on to paper or cloth. The image from this block is widely used...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
6 Tiff files

222. EAP749/5/2/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/5/2/6
Title:
Piang/Piwang Early 20th century
Scope & Content:
A piwang (three string horse headed fiddle) with strings and bridge missing. Carved from a single piece of wood with leather sounding board. Good condition, 640 mm long. One Piang The material is owned by Tsering Paljor and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
6 Tiff files

223. EAP749/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/6
Title:
Cloth scroll painting (thangkas) and other performance-related objects belonging to Kungri Gompa.
Scope & Content:
The "archive" belonging to Kungri Gompa, the Nyingma school monastery in Pin Valley and the institution to which the Buchen are affliated. The materials in the archive are kept within the Peme Lingpa temple at the monastery and include five wooden printing blocks used in the tantric training of ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
37 Tiff files

224. EAP749/6/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/6/1
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. Two thangkas
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
37 Tiff files

225. EAP749/6/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/6/1/1
Title:
Common title Nangsa Odbum Early 19th century
Scope & Content:
A narrative thangka illustrating the story of Nangsa Odbum (this is the opinion of the team, but was not validated by the current owners) The thangka appears to be the same as in the 1910-13 photograph of the stone breaking ceremony by John Coldstream taken below the village of Seeling in Pin Va...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
23 Tiff files

226. EAP749/6/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/6/1/2
Title:
Common title unknown: a narrative Buchen thangka illustrating a story Early 19th century
Scope & Content:
The thangka is so faded that recognition is beyond the abilities of the team. Image (Melong) size 810 x 620 mm. Full mounted size 1060 x 735 mm. Age, perhaps 150- 200 years old. Condition poor, heavily used object with substantial fading, several holes, some tears. One Thangka The material is o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
14 Tiff files

227. EAP749/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/7
Title:
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 Padma Thondup. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house and include religious scroll paintings (thangka) often illustrating a particular story (namt...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
120 Tiff files

228. EAP749/7/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/7/1
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. Two thangkas
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
75 Tiff files

229. EAP749/7/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/7/1/1
Title:
Common Title Padma Odbar: a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Padma Odbar late19th century
Scope & Content:
Image (Melong) size 610 x 450. Full mounted size 97- x 510mm. Age, over 100 years old. Well used object with substantial fading, some stains and some splits to the cloth. One Thangka The material is owned by Meme Padma Tandup. The older material has been handed down, the newer material has been...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
23 Tiff files

230. EAP749/7/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/7/1/2
Title:
Common Title Lingza Choskyit: a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Delok Lingza Choskyit and graphically illustrating the torments of hell. Late 19th century
Scope & Content:
Image (Melong) size 790 x 560 cm. Full mounted size 1235 x 730 mm. Age, perhaps 100 years old. Condition good some fading and stains. One Thangka The material is owned by Meme Padma Tandup. The older material has been handed down, the newer material has been purchased in the last fifteen years....
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
52 Tiff files