A Buchen hat in two sections (Thod)་ཐོད Late 20th century

180mm wide. The woollen cap that forms the base for the whole hat and a number of lengths of cloth and silk that are the ribbon like streamers that typify the meme Buchen headdress. One Buchen hat.

The material is owned by Meme Sonam Palden 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 a modern house.