Ritual Thunderbolt: Nine headed vajra/ dorje Dorje tsegu (Wylie rdo rje rtse dgu) རྡོ་རྗེ་རྩེ་དགུ Late 19th / Early 20th century

An old brass vajra. 128mm long. The vajra has also been photographed with the bell as these objects are seen as belongng together. One Vajra.

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.