A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade and modern paper. Written in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. Title page in "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. A ritual invoking a protector deity who has the power to help remove obstacles to progress. A puja for the protector deity བརྟ་འབྲིན or རྟ་མགྲིན་) known as Tamdrin or Hyagrypha, the main protector deity of the Chowa བརྟ་འབྲིན་ཀྱིས་ལས་བྱང་སྐང་གསོལ་བཞུགས་སོ།.
Extent: One unbound book consisting of thirteen folios.
Size and dimensions of original material: Varying sizes up to 46 cm x 8.5 cm.
Condition of original material: Discolouration from use throughout. The older pages much darker than the replacement newer 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. The precise country of origin is unknown. However it is almost certain that the original text was created in Tibet. Some of the material has been copied locally in Spiti (India) at a later date.
