A handwritten and hand drawn unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A book of 108 protective symbols each with minimal textual explanation. These symbols are used in rituals by chowas to protect against different kinds of possession, demons, violent deities and other evil or malicious forces that cause ailments, illness or disease in the villagers who seek help from the chowa. ༄༅། །བླ་མ་དགོངས་པ་ལས་བསྲུང་བ་རྡོེས་འཕྲང་བ་བཞུགས་སོ། or ༄༅། །བླ་མ་དགོངས་པ་ལས་བསྲུང་བ་རྡོ་རྗེ་འཕྲང་བ་བཞུགས་སོ།.
Extent: One unbound book consisting of twelve folios. Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 27 cm x 8.5cm. Condition of original material: Worn and slightly discoloured through age and usage. Some red ink and minor paper damage. Perfectly legible though incomplete.Arrangement: Texts and ritual objects kept in boxes in 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
