A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Handwritten in "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. A mika ritual. A ritual for turning back the effects malicious gossip, which can have damaging effects. མི་ཁ་དྲག་གྲུབ་བཞུགས་སོ། མི་ཁ་ person mouth = malicious gossip དྲག་ mean wrathful, strong, གྲུབ achieve.
Extent: One unbound book consisting of nine folios.
Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 39 cm x 7 cm.
Condition of original material: Staining through age and usage, some paper damage and loss of text. Page repairs and red ink blotches. 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.
