དཔེ་ཆ

A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on modern paper. Written in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen ) script. No title page. A text for a ritual to be performed if nagas are harming people. A ritual for the queen of the nagas that involves a thread cross exorcism / ransom (མདོས) . མཚོ་སྨན་དགུ་མདོས་བཞུགས་སོ།.

Extent: One unbound book consisting of ten folios.

Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 36 cm x 8 cm.

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 has been copied locally in Spiti (India) at a later date.