A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script and "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. No title page. This is perhaps a text for a ritual following death. After consultation with a tsipa / chowa, details are given for which direction the consciousness of the deceased has gone in. A ritual is then performed with dough figures to protect the household from the returning consciousness or negative forces like demons, vampires and hungry ghosts. Suggested title is: ཟ་འདྲེ་ཁའི་བསྒྱུར། ཟ་འདྲེ་ consuming demon, vampire, devourer ཁའི་བསྒྱུར། refers to turning the direction.
Extent: One unbound book consisting of six folios.
Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 60 cm x 10 cm, folding to 30 cm x 10 cm.
Condition of original material: Staining and discolouration through age and usage. All text legible.
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.
