The "archive" belonging to a dormant Buchen household/lineage in the Pin Valley of Himachal Pradesh, headed by Tsering Paljor. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house and include religious scroll paintings (thangka) often illustrating a particular story (namthar thangka); musical instruments; 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. 2 Series : Thangkas and Other Objects.
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 team was given an extremely short time to photograph the archive, consequently the photography was rather rushed and we concentrated on the thangkas and the wooden printing block. Several obects that has been surveyed during the previous fieldtrip were not photographed.
