དཔེ་ཆ

A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A text for a ritual to keep the gods happy, remove or clear away life obstacles, and accomplish goals through undertaking virtuous deeds. ལྷ་སེལ་གྱི་ཆོ་ག་འཕྲིན་ལས་ཀུན་གྲུབ་བཞུགས་སོ།.

Extent: One unbound book consisting of nine folios.

Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 47.5 cm x 7.5 cm.

Condition of original material: Good condition for its age. Some staining through usage. Some damage to page corners but the text is fully legible throughout.

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.