A text written on modern paper in the style of a traditional Tibetan book (pecha), consisting of folded sheets which are held together with thread. Handwritten in "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. No title but identified as Tho Lu, stone songs (Tib. ཐོ་གླུ། Wylie. tho glu).
Extent: One unbound book consisting of 5 folios.
Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 32 cm x 20 cm, folded to 32 x 10 cm.
Condition of original material: The modern paper has discoloured. Writing in several colours of ink.
Custodial history: All the material was passed to the current owner by his father Labu Chherring, who inherited the bulk of the material from his father, Tsering Tashi Labu's grandfather. All three men trained to become amchi, doctors in the Tibetan tradition. Father and grandfather were, in addition, singers (nyahon) and speechmakers (molawa).
Arrangement: All the material was kept in the prayer room of Tsering Tashi Labu's house (unseen). 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.
