དཔེ་ཆ

A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A text for a ritual for removing obstacles. The ritual involves recitation and ends with slow clapping accompanying the recitation. The clapping is a method of driving out the causes of the obstacles. Some chowa use cymbals instead of clapping. ཡང་བཟློག་གསེར་གྱིས་འཁོར་ལོའི་མན་ངག་བཞུགས་སོ།.

Extent: One unbound book consisting of ten folios.

Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 26 cm x 7.5 cm.

Condition of original material: Staining and discolouration through age and usage.

Arrangement: All the material was kept in a box in the prayer room (unseen). 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.