A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A text for a ritual offering for three gods, probably the local gods Dorje Chenmo and her two sisters Dorje Yudon, Dorje Choedon The text refers to Dorje Chenmo, the protector of many monasteries in Spiti and the Western Tibetan region. Dorje Chenmo is the protector of Tabo village and monastery. She rides a blue horse and took an oath to protect monasteries wherever Rinchen Zangpo built them. The other sisters are the protectors of Sumra and Shelkar སྲུས་མ་མེ་བོན་ལྷ་གསུམ་ལ་མཆོད་ལུགས་བཞུགས་སོ། Perhaps better as སྲུང་མ་མེས་དབོན་ལྷ་གསུམ་ལ་མཆོད་ལུགས་བཞུགས་སོ། སྲུང་མ means protector or guardian ལྷ་གསུམ means three gods མཆོད་ལུགས means offering.
Extent: One unbound book consisting of eight folios.
Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 41.5 cm x 8 cm.
Condition of original material: Staining and discolouration through age.
Arrangement: All material is kept in the prayer room. The precise country of origin is unknown. However it is almost certain that the original text was created in Tibet, though the specific material in question may have been copied locally in Spiti (India) at a later date.
