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Da mo Yong he Yong he gong tang ka ji cui = The collection of Thangka : masterpieces of Yonghe Lamasery style Bao li yi shu bo wu guan zhu bian

Title:
大漠雍和 : 雍和宮唐卡集萃 = The collection of Thangka : masterpieces of Yonghe Lamasery style / 保利艺术博物馆主编
Yong he gong tang ka ji cui
雍和宮唐卡集萃
Collection of Thangka masterpieces of Yonghe Lamasery style
Editor:
Bao li yi shu bo wu guan  Search this
Physical description:
206 pages color illustrations 30 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
Tibet Region
Date:
2021
Topic:
Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)  Search this
Painting, Tibetan  Search this
Buddhist painting  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1161001

Seeing the sacred in samsara an illustrated guide to the eighty-four mahāsiddhas Donald S. Lopez Jr

Author:
Lopez, Donald S. Jr. 1952-  Search this
Author:
Tāranātha Jo-nang-pa 1575-1634  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 218 pages color illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Art
Place:
Tibet Region
Tibet historique
Date:
2019
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Siddhas in art  Search this
Vajradhara (Buddhist deity)  Search this
Tantric-Buddhist painting  Search this
Painting, Tibetan  Search this
Peinture tantro-bouddhique  Search this
Peinture tibétaine  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145331

Tang ka Nan Wenkui zhu

Title:
唐卡 / 南文魁著
Author:
Nan, Wenkui  Search this
Physical description:
2 volumes illustrations (chiefly color) 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Tibet Region
China
Date:
2014
Topic:
Buddhist painting  Search this
Painting, Tibetan  Search this
Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1078976

Building a religious empire Tibetan Buddhism, bureaucracy, and the rise of the Gelukpa Brenton Sullivan

Author:
Sullivan, Brenton  Search this
Physical description:
280 pages illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
China
Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibet Region
Chine
Région autonome du Tibet
Tibet historique
Date:
2021
Topic:
Dge-lugs-pa (Sect)--History  Search this
Buddhist monasteries--History  Search this
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders--Government--History  Search this
Buddhism--History  Search this
Ge-lugs-pa (Secte)--Histoire  Search this
Monastères bouddhiques--Histoire  Search this
Bouddhisme--Histoire  Search this
Buddhism  Search this
Buddhist monasteries  Search this
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders--Government  Search this
Dge-lugs-pa (Sect)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1159461

National Anthropological Film Center films and slides of Ladakh

Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Dorjee, Ragpa  Search this
Schecter, Steven  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Extent:
66 Film reels (color sound, 16mm)
Slides (color, 35mm)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Slides
Photographs
Sound films
Place:
South Asia
Tibet Region
Ladākh (India)
Date:
1978-1981
Topic:
Buddhist monks  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Sound films
Identifier:
HSFA.1986.13LDKH
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National Anthropological Film Center films and slides of Ladakh
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc927424627-dc0b-472c-8568-c6a542e6d071
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-1986-13ldkh
Online Media:

Tibetan houses vernacular architecture of the Himalayas and environs Peter Herrle, Anna Wozniak ; with contributions from Daniel Rudolf Becker, Peter Berten, Nadja Borschewski, Giacomo Ceccarelli and Lena Marike Wellmann

Author:
Herrle, Peter  Search this
Woźniak, Anna  Search this
Physical description:
300 pages illustrations, maps, plans 34 cm
Type:
Designs and plans
Dessins et plans
Architectural drawings
Place:
Tibet Region
Himalaya Mountains Region
Tibet historique
Himālaya
Date:
2017
Topic:
Architecture, Domestic  Search this
Vernacular architecture  Search this
Architecture domestique  Search this
Architecture vernaculaire  Search this
ARCHITECTURE / General  Search this
ARCHITECTURE / Regional  Search this
ARCHITECTURE / Methods & Materials  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145132

Primula serratifolia Franch.

Biogeographical Region:
36 - Tibet-Quinghai  Search this
Collector:
J. F. Rock  Search this
Place:
Southeastern Tibet. Region of Champutong, Salween-Irrawadi watershed., Xizang, China, Asia-Temperate
Collection Date:
Jul 1923
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Primulales Primulaceae
Published Name:
Primula serratifolia Franch.
Barcode:
03122171
USNM Number:
1211106
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b06ce072-b5fd-4793-932e-959108200013
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14486733

Primula silaensis Petitm.

Biogeographical Region:
36 - Tibet-Quinghai  Search this
Collector:
J. F. Rock  Search this
Place:
Southeastern Tibet. Region of Champutong, Salween-Irrawadi watershed., Xizang, China, Asia-Temperate
Collection Date:
Jul 1923
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Primulales Primulaceae
Published Name:
Primula silaensis Petitm.
Barcode:
03122251
USNM Number:
1211103
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33860d8ea-7b56-47c2-8c98-aaf2e30e4e09
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14486801

Omphalogramma minus Hand.-Mazz.

Biogeographical Region:
36 - Tibet-Quinghai  Search this
Collector:
J. F. Rock  Search this
Min. Elevation:
4267  Search this
Place:
Southeastern Tibet, region of Champutong, Salween-Irrawadi watershed., Xizang, China, Asia-Temperate
Collection Date:
Jul 1923
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Primulales Primulaceae
Published Name:
Omphalogramma minus Hand.-Mazz.
Barcode:
03122884
USNM Number:
1211101
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f50324ca-bc88-4fe8-9d15-9a156e75e34d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14487242

Androsace graceae Forrest ex W.W. Sm.

Biogeographical Region:
36 - Tibet-Quinghai  Search this
Collector:
J. F. Rock  Search this
Min. Elevation:
3962  Search this
Place:
Southeastern Tibet, region of Champutong, Salween-Irrawadi watershed., Xizang, China, Asia-Temperate
Collection Date:
Jul 1923
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Primulales Primulaceae
Published Name:
Androsace graceae Forrest ex W.W. Sm.
Barcode:
03124023
USNM Number:
1211104
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30a97dca3-b3ad-4c2c-84d8-98b90602b157
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14492553

Primula valentiniana Hand.-Mazz.

Biogeographical Region:
36 - Tibet-Quinghai  Search this
Collector:
J. F. Rock  Search this
Place:
Southeastern Tibet. Region of Champutong, Salween-Irrawadi watershed., Xizang, China, Asia-Temperate
Collection Date:
1923
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Primulales Primulaceae
Published Name:
Primula valentiniana Hand.-Mazz.
Barcode:
03122678
USNM Number:
1211102
See more items in:
Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/352b0e181-4fd1-4825-af85-e80c78a1acfd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14521829

Drynaria sinica Diels

Biogeographical Region:
36 - China  Search this
Collector:
J. Monbeig  Search this
Max. Elevation:
2800  Search this
Min. Elevation:
2000  Search this
Place:
Tibet, Region de Isekou [interpreted], China, Asia-Temperate
Collection Date:
1912
Taxonomy:
Plantae Pteridophyte Polypodiales Polypodiaceae
Published Name:
Drynaria sinica Diels
Barcode:
01590673
USNM Number:
1624980
See more items in:
Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39a952df5-c22e-496b-8694-9a184fe33789
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12527378

The illuminating mirror Tibetan studies in honour of Per K. Sørensen on the occasion of his 65th birthday edited by Olaf Czaja and Guntram Hazod

Honouree:
Sørensen, Per K  Search this
Editor:
Czaja, Olaf  Search this
Hazod, Guntram  Search this
Physical description:
xxxviii, 602 pages illustrations (some color), portraits, maps, facsimiles 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)
Région autonome du Tibet (Chine)
China
Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibet
Date:
2015
Topic:
Tibetan philology  Search this
Religion  Search this
Buddhismus  Search this
Tibetischer Buddhismus  Search this
Tibetologie  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1154462

Sino-Tibetan Buddhism across the ages edited by Ester Bianchi, Weirong Shen

Editor:
Bianchi, Ester  Search this
Shen, Weirong 1962-  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 378 pages color illustrations, color maps 25 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Tibet Region
China
Tibet historique
Chine
Date:
2021
Topic:
Buddhism--History  Search this
Bouddhisme--Histoire  Search this
Buddhism  Search this
International relations  Search this
Relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1154889

Gu gong tang ka tu dian Gu gong bo wu yuan bian = Tangka paintings in the collection of the Palace Museum / edited by the Palace Museum

Title:
故宮博物院 (China)
Tangka paintings in the collection of the Palace Museum
Author:
Gu gong bo wu yuan (China)  Search this
Physical description:
372 pages color illustrations 30 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Catalogues
Place:
Tibet Region
China
Beijing
Tibet historique
Chine
Pékin
Date:
2011
Topic:
Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)  Search this
Painting, Tibetan  Search this
Buddhist painting  Search this
Painting  Search this
Tanka (Rouleaux tibétains)  Search this
Peinture tibétaine  Search this
Peinture bouddhique  Search this
Peinture  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1107996

Tang ka de shou cang yu jian shang Wang Rui bian zhu

Title:
唐卡的收藏与鉴赏 / 王瑞编著
Author:
Wang, Xuerui  Search this
Physical description:
310 pages color illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Tibet Region
China
Date:
2013
Topic:
Tankas (Tibetan scrolls)  Search this
Painting, Tibetan  Search this
Buddhist painting  Search this
Call number:
ND1432.T55 W364 2013
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1146442

Richard Kenneth Saker films of Tibet

Creator:
Saker, Richard Kenneth, 1908-1979  Search this
Extent:
2 Film reels (44 minutes, color silent; 500 feet, 8mm)
261 Negatives (black-and-white)
395 Photographic prints (black-and-white and hand-colored)
Culture:
Tibetans  Search this
Buddhists  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Negatives
Photographic prints
Silent films
Place:
East Asia
Tibet Region
Date:
1942-1943
Scope and Contents:
Collection consists of film and photographs taken by Richard Kenneth Saker of Tibetan New Year (Losar) and of Western Tibet 1942-1943. Collection also includes chapters from his unpublished memoir relating to his tour of duty in Tibet.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Biographical / Historical:
Richard Kenneth Saker was the British Trade Agent posted to Gyantse, Tibet from 1941-1943.
Provenance:
Received from Stephen Saker in 2008.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Nomads  Search this
New Year  Search this
Genre/Form:
silent films
Citation:
Richard Kenneth Saker films of Tibet, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
HSFA.2008.16
See more items in:
Richard Kenneth Saker films of Tibet
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9ebec4f6e-dead-4337-b853-0b0560f29d52
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-2008-16
Online Media:

National Anthropological Film Center slides of Tibet

Creator:
National Anthropological Film Center (U.S.)  Search this
Sorenson, E. Richard  Search this
Extent:
Photographic slides (color, 35mm)
Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic slides
Photographs
Place:
South Asia
Tibet Region
Ladākh (India)
Date:
1983
Scope and Contents:
Collection consists of color 35mm slides of Tibetan Buddhist monks and monasteries in Ladakh, India. Collection also includes field notes and logs.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Provenance:
Received from the National Anthropological Film Center in 1986.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Buddhist monks  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
National Anthropological Film Center slides of Tibet, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
HSFA.1986.13TBT
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National Anthropological Film Center slides of Tibet
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9ec4f1fee-2d28-4a37-a1f6-d82bfa2bc351
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-1986-13tbt

Edward W. Bastian films of Tibetan Buddhism

Creator:
Bastian, Edward W.  Search this
Extent:
Film reels (sound color; 44,000 feet, 16mm)
33 Videocassettes (sound color)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Film reels
Videocassettes
Sound films
Place:
East Asia
South Asia
North America
Tibet Region
India
Wisconsin
Date:
1981-1982
Scope and Contents:
Edited and outtakes materials from the films TIBETAN BUDDHISM: PRESERVING THE MONASTIC TRADITION and materials shot in 1981 of the Initiation into the Kalachakra Tantra by His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, recorded in Dharamsala India and Madison, Wisconsin. Collection also contains sound recordings.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Provenance:
Received from Edward Bastian in 1986.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Buddhism  Search this
Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Dalai lamas  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound films
Citation:
Edward W. Bastian films of Tibet, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
HSFA.1986.01
See more items in:
Edward W. Bastian films of Tibetan Buddhism
Archival Repository:
Human Studies Film Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc954441e1c-6d52-44e8-93b1-18d1011b75d8
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-hsfa-1986-01

The Tiger rugs of Tibet / edited and with an introduction by Mimi Lipton ; with contributions by Cyril Barrett ... [et al.]

Author:
Lipton, Mimi  Search this
Barrett, Cyril  Search this
Hayward Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Hayward Gallery  Search this
Physical description:
191 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Tibet Region
Date:
1988
Topic:
Rugs, Oriental  Search this
Tiger in art  Search this
Call number:
NK2883.T52 T55 1988
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_872325

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