A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script, with additional "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. This text is for an unidentified ritual, but clearly a wrathful tantric ritual involving the making and throwing of a torma at evil spirits to defend against negative forces. Title is very hard to read but includes: དྲག་པོའི་དགྲ་ཟོར་བཞུགས་སོ། དྲག་པོ wrathful, wrathfulmeans, forceful rites དགྲ enemy ཟོར malign torma. A kind of magic weapon. A torma, made with three sticks, covered in fiery dough shapes and with a skull on top. To be hurled at the enemy. Large examples are made in the monasteries but thay may be smaller in households.
Extent: One book consisting of eight folios.
Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 55 cm x 9cm, to 27.5 cm x 9 cm.
Condition of original material: Stained through usage and age. Several folios have separated into half folios.
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.
