དཔེ་ཆ

A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. ༄༅། །ལྷ་མོའི་གཏོར་འབུལ་བཞུགསོ། A ritual for offering thorma (sculptural shapes moulded from tsampa dough, sometimes with added butter milk and honey etc) to the protector deity Palden Lhamo, also known as Dharma Pala, protector of sentient beings.

Extent: One unbound book consisting of two folios.

Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 10 cm x 57cm.

Condition of original material: Heavy wear to page edges. Some text lost.

Arrangement: Loose texts kept in the prayer room in a cardboard box. 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.