Conch / (Dharma) conch: Chö dun (Wylie chos dung) ཆོས་དུང Late 19th / Early 20th century

A decorated conch shell, engraved with lines and a flower motif. 135mm long threaded with dark cotton cloth. One Conch.

The material is owned by Kinzum Gatuk and her husband Padma Dorje and has been handed down from father to son and to daughter through several generations of head Buchen. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house. This was not properly seen: materials were brought out in order to be documented.