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Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP749/7

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. EAP749/7/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/7/2
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:
43 Tiff files

6. EAP749/7/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/7/2/1
Title:
Charm Box: Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Late 20th century
Scope & Content:
A fine copper charm box, 160 x 118 and 50 mm deep. Finely worked silver front, complete with embroidered cloth cover and waist straps. Window shows image of Tamdin and his consort. One charm box The material is owned by Meme Padma Tandup. The older material has been handed down, the newer mater...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
4 Tiff files

7. EAP749/7/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/7/2/2
Title:
Dagger: Dorje Phorba (Wylie rdo rje phur pa) རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ Mid 20th century
Scope & Content:
Three headed (wrathful faced) painted copper dagger, the blade is also engraved with serpent design. 220mm long. One dagger 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. All the materials in ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid 20th century
Extent:
3 Tiff files

8. EAP749/7/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/7/2/3
Title:
Swords: Ralti (Wylie ral gri) རལ་གྲི Early 20th century
Scope & Content:
One pair of simple iron swords, 755 mm long. One pair swords 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. 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:
Early 20th century
Extent:
1 Tiff file

9. EAP749/7/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/7/2/4
Title:
Iron pointer: Chak Dhar (Wylie lcags mda'') ལྕགས་མདའ Late 19th century
Scope & Content:
A twisted iron pointer with plain wooden handle ornate copper end and muticoloured cloth attachment. One iron pointer 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. All the materials in the ar...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1 Tiff file

10. EAP749/7/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP749/7/2/5
Title:
Bell: Drilbu (Wylie dril bu) དྲིལ་བུ Late 20th century
Scope & Content:
A new iron and brass bell, 160 mm long, The bell itself 90 mm wide. One Bell 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. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Late 20th century
Extent:
1 Tiff file