A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A text with a decorated cover page. This text is for a ritual for the transference of consciousness (pho wa). Used primarily after death. This is a common ritual commissioned after the death of a family member. Chowas need substantial tantric power to undertake such a ritual. Only high lamas or powerful chowas who have had the necessary empowerment or initiation will perform this. ཕཌཿ ཆོས་ཉིད་ནམ་མཁའི་གློང་མཛོད་ལསཿ འཕོ་བ་ཡེ་ཤེས་སྒོ་འབྱེད་བཞུགས་སོཿ.
Extent: One unbound book consisting of six folios.
Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 32 cm x 8.5 cm.
Condition of original material: Good condition for its age, Damage to paper edges especially on the final folio.
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.
