དཔེ་ཆ

A woodblock printed Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A ritual for the removal of obstacles or the repelling of harmful influences caused by naga spirits. A single chapter from a larger volume of text བླ་མ་དྲག་པོ་རྟ་ཁྱུང་འབར་བ་ལས། ཀླུའི་གདོན་འགྲོལའོག་གནོན་མཐར་བྱེད་བཞུགས་སོ།.

Extent: One unbound book consisting of ten folios.

Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 37 cm x 8 cm.

Condition of original material: Slight discolouration through age and useage. Minor page edge damage.

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.