དཔེ་ཆ

A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Handwritten in "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. A wrathful tantric ritual for summoning and expelling bad spirits / negatives forces. Chapter ten from a larger book བསྒྲལ་ལས་བསད་པ་ལས་བཅུ་པ་བཞུགས་སྷོ།.

Extent: One unbound book consisting of nine folios. Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 45 cm x 8 cm. Condition of original material: Darkened through usage throughout.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