Archival records from The texts (pecha) cloth scroll painting (thangkas) and other performance-related objects belonging to Meme Tsewang Namgyal (EAP749-4)
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Cloth scroll painting (thangkas)
Traditional cloth scroll paintings (thangkas). Buchen thangkas are primarily narrative, visually telling / illustrating key scenes from edifying…
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Objects
Performance related ritual objects, musical instruments, statues and elements of Buchen costumes. Twenty-nine objects.
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Portraits
Portrait of the Head (Meme) Buchen in full costume. One portrait.
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མཁའ་འགྲོའི་བུ་མོ་འགྲོ་བ་བཟང་མོ༏ Drowa Zangmo Thankga Late 20th century
New Thangka of Drowa Zangmo…1390 x 888 mm. Melong size 785 x 555mm. One thangka.The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has…
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Charm Box: Nam thak (Wylie rnam thag) རྣམ་ཐག Early 20th century
A fine copper charm box, 142 x 100 and 58 mm deep. Finely worked silver front, complete with embroidered waist strap. Window has an image of the…
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Dagger: Dorje Phorba (Wylie rdo rje phur pa) རྡོ་རྗེ་ཕུར་པ Late 20th century
Painted Three headed (wrathful faced) iron dagger, the blade is also engraved with serpent design. 218mm long. One dagger.The material is owned by…
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Swords: Ralti (Wylie ral gri) རལ་གྲི Late 19th century
One unmatched pair of simple iron swords, approx 800 mm long. One pair swords.The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been…
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Iron pointer: Chak Dhar (Wylie lcags mda'') ལྕགས་མདའ Late 19th century
A twisted iron pointer with plain wooden handle decorated with multicolored silk and cotton attachment. 724mm. One iron pointer.The material is…
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Bell: Drilbu (Wylie dril bu) དྲིལ་བུ Late 20th century
A new brass and iron bell, 180 mm long. One Bell.The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down through several…
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Conch shell chest ornament: Tonka (Wylie thong ga) ཐོང་ག Late 19th century
A conch shell waistcoat, made up of four pieces (one broken) of carved conch shell, two approx 80 mm square, one 70 mm square and one 75 x 80 mm…
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Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Mid 19th century
An old clay statue of Tangtong Gyalpo, wrapped in a white Katak pierced with a brass headed irontrident headed skewer. Decorated with pearl, coral…
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Water bowls: ing (Wylie ting) ཏིང Late 20th century
Seven new small brass water bowls 60mm x 30 mm. Seven water bowls.The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has been handed down…
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Five Buddha Family (Hat): Gyalwa Rig Nga (Wylie rgyal ba rigs lnga) རྒྱལ་བ་རིགས་ལྔ Late 20th century
A very simple home made five section hat of thick canvas with a cloth headband the three central section carry the mantra Om Ah Hung 500 x 165 mm.…
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Five Buddha Family (Hat): Gyalwa Rig Nga (Wylie rgyal ba rigs lnga) རྒྱལ་བ་རིགས་ལྔ Early 21st century
A new, modern, plastic-laminated Five Buddha Family Hat. 525 x 177 mm. One hat.The material is owned by Meme Tsewang / Chhewang Namgyal and has…
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Charm Box: Kau (Wylie ga’u) གའུ། Late 20th century
A second, small silver charm box approx 125 x 90 x 14 mm, inlaid with turquoise and coral . With embroidered cloth strap. One Charm Box.The…
