Tsering Tashi Labu Collection

The household collection of Tsering Tashi Labu. A collection of medical texts and Spiti song and speech texts.

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)