A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Written in both "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen ) script and "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. No title page but this is a text for a Cha drol (tib. བྱད་གྲོལ།) ritual. A ritual performed for people who have been diagnosed (by lamas, or by the village oracle ) as suffering because of a curse, or the harmful influence of sorcery. The ritual is performed to release them from this. བྱད a curse, the harmful influence of curse, the harming power of sorcery གྲོལ release.
Extent: One unbound book consisting of 8 folios folded and stiched through with thread.
Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 58 cm x 9.5 cm, folding to 29 cm x 9.5 cm.
Condition of original material: Title page missing. Heavy discolouration through use on front and back. Corners and page edges damaged. Text mainly legible throughout except on the outside pages.
Custodial history: The older material has been handed down from father to son for at least four generations.
Arrangement: All the material is stored in the prayer room (not seen) and was brought out to be measured and digitised. It is kept in boxes when travelling. 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.
