A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Handwritten in "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. This is a mika text, one of three forms of mika ceremony found in Spiti. A text for a ritual for blocking or overcoming the negative effects of mika (malicious gossip) མི་ཁ་སྒྲུབ་པའི་ལྟོ་འཁྲུགས་པ་ལགས་སོ།.
Extent: One unbound book consisting of twelve folios.
Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 23.5 cm x 7 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.
