spira, skulptur, trådkors, figur, trådfigur

11 olika föremål, 1 spira (A), 7 kilar (B-H) och 3 trådkors (I-K).
Spira av trä, rödmålad, med form av sol och måne.
Sju kilar av trä dekorerade med randmönster i svart färg.
Trådkors. (AA)

"Fadenkreuze.
See Grünwedel, Weg nach Shambala, V. 94, 33 a 4, and the books quoted there, Schlagintweit, le Bouddhisme au Tibet. pl. XXX VII, 20 `thal´
Waddell, s. 484.
Rev. Ahmad Shah, Pictures of Tibetan Life.
Benares 1906, Pl. 29,?
Pl. 40, Mitte:
S Ch D p. 676/677

mdos a tall thin pared stick or wand provided with small cross-pieces, and with strings of various colours fastened to the ends of the transverse pieces and stretched thence to the main upright stick: the whole evidently intended to b e a rude imitation of the mast of a vessel with yard-arms and rigging, Several of these structures, each 3 to 5 feet in height, are planted in the ground on the hill-side just above the house where some sick person is lying; and varios magical ceremonies having been performed over the sick person, the btsan or demons which were afflicting him, and which are reputed to have a great passion for the rigging of a vessel, are presumed to be expelled and to take refuge in the toy masts outside the cottage. The sticks with their coloured strings are presently cast away as glud down the ravine (Snd. Hbk.) There seem to be various names for the masts such as: skyel-wahi mdos (Nar. 38; lha-mohi bskan-mdos; sgrol-mahi gyul-mdos; rgyal-mdos; btsan-mdos.
S Ch p. 1003 b.
btsan or 1. a species of demon, inhabiting a given locality and sometimes entering into a person visiting the place for a brief period and causing thereafter serious illness." (Arkivet, Plåten)

Från Narte obo. (MLK)

Montell berättar:
"...we drove past the splendid monastery of Batu-khalagh-sume or Beli-miao and reached the imposing camp of the expedition ...
...I climbed up the magnificent big obo-hill north-west of the camp, called Nartei-obo, partly to admire the extensive view over the steppes and the hills. As a result of the excursion our collection was enriched by some examples of the interesting thread-crosses of the lamas. (Montell. 1945. s.331)