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Subject Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)

431. EAP749/23

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/23
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 Tsering Tobgye. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house and include traditional unbound and hand written Tibetan texts on paper (pecha); modern wes...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Tibetan
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
88 Tiff images

432. EAP749/23/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/23/1
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. Three thangkas
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
17th century-20th century
Extent:
61 Tiff files

433. EAP749/23/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/23/1/1
Title:
མཁའ་འགྲོའི་བུ་མོ་འགྲོ་བ་བཟང་མོ༏ Common Title Drowa Zangmo: a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Kandroma Drowa Zangmo (Wylie mkha'' ''gro''i bu mo ''gro ba bzang mo) Late 19th /Early 20 century
Scope & Content:
Image (Melong) size 880 x 610 mm. Full mounted size 1080 x 870 cm. Age, over 100 years old. Well used object with staining, much fading. However the colour and detail overall is good. One Thangka The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several g...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
9 Tiff files

434. EAP749/23/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/23/1/2
Title:
Common Title Lingza Choskyit / Nyella (hell): a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Lingza Choskyit Late 19th /Early 20 century
Scope & Content:
Image (Melong) size 860 x 602 mm. Full mounted size 1170 x 750 mm. Age, perhaps 100 years old. Heavily used object with much staining and some fading. However the colour and detail overall is good. One Thangka The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed down from father to son thr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
31 Tiff files

435. EAP749/23/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/23/1/3
Title:
Common Title Drimet Kunden: a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Drimet Kunden. Late 19th /Early 20 century
Scope & Content:
Image (Melong) size 725 x 610 mm. Full mounted size 995 x 555 cm. Age, perhaps 100 years old. A well used object with many stains and fading in the several parts of the thangka. However the colour and detail overall is good. One Thangka The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
21 Tiff files

436. EAP749/23/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/23/2
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:
27 Tiff files

437. EAP749/23/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/23/2/1
Title:
Dagger: Dorje Phorba (Wylie rdo rje phur pa) རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ Late 19th /Early 20 century
Scope & Content:
Unusual brass dagger with mantras within the handle. Three headed (wrathful faced). 190 mm long. One dagger The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
3 Tiff files

438. EAP749/23/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/23/2/2
Title:
Swords: Ralti (Wylie ral gri) རལ་གྲི Late 19th /Early 20 century
Scope & Content:
Single simple rusty iron sword, 840 mm, Currently kept in the home of Kunzam Gyurmet. One sword The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of Buchen. 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:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
1 Tiff file

439. EAP749/23/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/23/2/3
Title:
Iron pointer: Chak Dhar (Wylie lcags mda'') ལྕགས་མདའ Late 19th /Early 20 century
Scope & Content:
Twisted iron pointer with plain wooden handle with dragon at top of the shaft. 840mm. Currently kept in the home of Kunzam Gyurmet. One iron pointer The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of Buchen. All the materials in the ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
3 Tiff files

440. EAP749/23/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/23/2/4
Title:
Conch shell chest ornament: Tonka (Wylie thong ga) ཐོང་ག Late 19th /Early 20 century
Scope & Content:
An unusual conch shell waistcoat, made up two pieces of carved conch shell, each approx 75 mm square. The centre of each marked with a small brass flower, and two replacement silver replica pieces each approx 70 mm square, all joined together with thread and string. One conch shell chest ornamen...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century
Extent:
4 Tiff files