The "archive" belonging to a dormant Buchen household/lineage in the Pin Valley of Himachal Pradesh, headed by Tsuldim Zangmo. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house and include three religious scroll paintings (thangka) one illustrating a particular story (namthar thangka); two statues; and other religious, ritual and performance-related items. Buchen are actors, storytellers, exorcists and occasional healers. They are lay religious practitioners whose role is to spread the Dharma (teachings of the Buddha) often through entertainment. The written texts and thangkas are primarily edifying biographies (namthar) of Buddhist saints or tales of Delok, those who have entered the netherworld between life and death, witnessed the realms of hell and come back to report . Buchen performances sometimes have non narrative thangkas displayed and these other thangkas may have been used. Two Series : Thangkas and Other Objects.
The material is owned by Tsuldim Zangmo and her daughter Karma Tsomo and was been handed down from Tsudim''s uncle Meme Tenzin Lotey. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house.
