དཔེ་ཆ

A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Written in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen ) script. This is a text for a Tho nag (ལྟོ་ནག) ritual dealing with and dispelling a black tho, a black figure. A ritual involving a thread cross exorcism ritual. ལྟོ་ནག་ཚན་མོའི་དགྲ་ཟོར་བཞུགས་སོ།.

Extent: One unbound book consisting of five folios.

Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 41 cm x 7.5 cm.

Condition of original material: Some discolouration through use. Ink slightly faded but legible 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.