དཔེ་ཆ

A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script in black and red ink with some "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. No title page An unidentified text though it refers to both Guru Rinpoche and the wrathful deity Hyagryph /Tamdrin.

Extent: One unbound book consisting of twenty folios.

Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 36 cm x 6.5 cm.

Condition of original material: Stained and darkened through usage and age. Several pages modified with glued on strips of paper on which text has been written.

Arrangement: All the material is kept within the prayer room (not seen). 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.