དཔེ་ཆ

A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Handwritten in "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. A deliverance ritual. A wrathful tantric ritual to expel negatives forces.

Extent: One unbound book consisting of ten folios.

Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 35 cm x 9.5 cm.

Condition of original material: Discolouration, some in smudging. The last page damaged by usage.

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.