A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on modern paper. Handwritten in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. Bound in a red cloth and card cover that is darkened with heavy usage. Black brown blue and red ink. Very clear large script but red ink smudged in several places. A mika text for a ceremony conducted inside rather than outside. མི་མཁའ་ནང་སྒྲུབ་བཞུགས་སོ།། མི་མཁའ or more correctly མི་ཁ gossip, usually malicious, slander ནང inside ནང་སྒྲུབ inner, inner practices, producing inner awareness.
Extent: One unbound book consisting of 25 folios.
Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 25 cm x 36 cm, folding to 12.5 x 36 cm.
Condition of original material: Card and cloth cover stained and torn. Staining throughout from usage. Some ink smudging but the text is 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. 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.
