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 ...
Cymbals: Bubchel (Wylie sbubs ’chal) སྦུབས་འཆལ Mid 19th century
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A pair of brass cymbals, approx 215 mm wide with simple cloth handles. Two cymbals The material is owned by Tsering Paljor 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. The t...
Iron pointer: Chak Dhar (Wylie lcags mda'') ལྕགས་མདའ Mid 19th century
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Twisted iron pointer with plain wooden handle and piece of knotted katak attached. 720 mm long including a wooden handle 100 mm long. One iron pointer The material is owned by Tsering Paljor and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the material...
Wooden Box: Tengam (Wylie rten sgam) རྟེན་སྒམ Early 20th century
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An old very plain wooden box with brass lock. 390 x 420 x 280 mm. One Wooden Box The material is owned by Tsering Paljor 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. The tea...
Conch / (Dharma) conch: Chö dun (Wylie chos dung) ཆོས་དུང Mid 19th century
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A plain undecorated conch shell. 135mm long threaded with dark red cotton cloth Another conch, 160mm long undecorated and slightly damaged. One Conch The material is owned by Tsering Paljor and has been handed down from father to son through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials...
Wooden Printing Block. Shing par (Wylie shing dpar) ཤིང་དཔར Early 20th century
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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...
