དཔེ་ཆ

A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Handwritten in "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A "nine eyes" ceremony, (tib. དགུ་མིག wylie. dgu mig) A beneficial ceremony performed every nine years at age 9, 18, 27 etc throughout an individual's life དགུ་མིག་འདྲེན་པའི་ཐབས་བཞུགས་སྷོ།།.

Extent: One unbound book consisting of twelve folios.

Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 33.5 cm x 9 cm.

Condition of original material: Heavy discolouration, staining and folding. Some text highlighted in red ink.

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