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Archival records from Cloth scroll painting (thangkas) and other performance-related objects belonging to Meme Tsering Tobgye (EAP749-23)

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Cloth scroll painting (thangkas)

Collection Ref: EAP749/23/1
Traditional cloth scroll paintings (thangkas). Buchen thangkas are primarily narrative, visually telling / illustrating key scenes from edifying…
Objects

Collection Ref: EAP749/23/2
Performance related ritual objects, musical instruments, statues and elements of Buchen costumes. Nine objects.
མཁའ་འགྲོའི་བུ་མོ་འགྲོ་བ་བཟང་མོ༏ Common Title Drowa Zangmo: a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Kandroma Drowa Zangmo (Wylie mkha'' ''gro''i bu mo ''gro ba bzang mo) Late 19th /Early 20 centu...

File Ref: EAP749/23/1/1
Image (Melong) size 880 x 610 mm. Full mounted size 1080 x 870 cm. Age, over 100 years old. Well used object with staining, much fading. However…
Common Title Lingza Choskyit / Nyella (hell): a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Lingza Choskyit Late 19th /Early 20 century

File Ref: EAP749/23/1/2
Image (Melong) size 860 x 602 mm. Full mounted size 1170 x 750 mm. Age, perhaps 100 years old. Heavily used object with much staining and some…
Common Title Drimet Kunden: a narrative thangka illustrating the story of Drimet Kunden. Late 19th /Early 20 century

File Ref: EAP749/23/1/3
Image (Melong) size 725 x 610 mm. Full mounted size 995 x 555 cm. Age, perhaps 100 years old. A well used object with many stains and fading in the…
Dagger: Dorje Phorba (Wylie rdo rje phur pa) རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ Late 19th /Early 20 century

File Ref: EAP749/23/2/1
Unusual brass dagger with mantras within the handle. Three headed (wrathful faced). 190 mm long. One dagger.The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje…
Swords: Ralti (Wylie ral gri) རལ་གྲི Late 19th /Early 20 century

File Ref: EAP749/23/2/2
Single simple rusty iron sword, 840 mm, Currently kept in the home of Kunzam Gyurmet. One sword.The material is owned by Kunzam Dorje and has been…
Iron pointer: Chak Dhar (Wylie lcags mda'') ལྕགས་མདའ Late 19th /Early 20 century

File Ref: EAP749/23/2/3
Twisted iron pointer with plain wooden handle with dragon at top of the shaft. 840mm. Currently kept in the home of Kunzam Gyurmet. One iron…
Conch shell chest ornament: Tonka (Wylie thong ga) ཐོང་ག Late 19th /Early 20 century

File Ref: EAP749/23/2/4
An unusual conch shell waistcoat, made up two pieces of carved conch shell, each approx 75 mm square. The centre of each marked with a small brass…
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Late 19th /Early 20 century

File Ref: EAP749/23/2/5
A painted silver statue of the Tangtong Gyalpo 233mm. Lotus base inlaid with coral turquoise and crystal. One Statue.The material is owned by…
Charm Box: Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Late 19th /Early 20 century

File Ref: EAP749/23/2/6
An old silver charm box approx 140 x 103 x 50 mm, Window contains a small brass statue of the Buddha. With aged cloth strap. One Charm Box.The…
Cymbals: Bubchel (Wylie sbubs ’chal) སྦུབས་འཆལ Late 19th /Early 20 century

File Ref: EAP749/23/2/7
An old pair of cymbals, approx 248/238 mm each with a woven string handle. Currently kept in the home of Kunzam Gyurmet. Two cymbals.The material…
Prayer wheel: Mane Lhakor (Wylie mani lag bskor) མ་ཎི་ལག་བསྐོར Late 19th /Early 20 century

File Ref: EAP749/23/2/8
An unusual, very fine but simple old prayer wheel, with a black wooden handle. Total length 315 mm, the box itself is 68 high and 85mm wide and is…
Wooden Box: Tengam (Wylie rten sgam) རྟེན་སྒམ Late 19th /Early 20 century

File Ref: EAP749/23/2/9
An unusual very small box with glass window and no door. Unlike any other box in the Buchen archives. 255 x 170 x 115mm. One Wooden Box.The…

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