A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. Cover text is illegible but this is the ceremony of Tho nag (ལྟོ་ནག་) A ritual involving the making of a Lud, a black sacrificial ransom offering in human or animal form, made of barley dough. Extent...
A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. An unrecognised text. Extent: One book consisting of six folios plus one loose folio. Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 64 cm x 8.5 cm, folded to 32 cm x 8.5 cm. Condition of o...
A carved wooden block for printing images into dough made from roast barley flour (tsampa) for use in tantric chowa rituals. Extent: One printing block. Size and dimensions of original material: 39 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition for its age. Arrangement: All mat...
A carved wooden block for printing images into dough made from roast barley flour (tsampa) for use in tantric chowa rituals. Extent: One printing block. Size and dimensions of original material: 32 x 4.5 x 4 cm. Condition of original material: Good condition for its age. Arrangement: All mater...
A handwritten and hand drawn unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. An untitled text including "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script, and drawings (རི་མོ) of thorma (གཏོར་མ།) which are a kind of sculptural dough offering (མཆོད་པ) to the deities, widely used in chowa tantric rituals.Ex...
A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A text for a ritual for the Lord of the Earth / Earth god (ས་བདག) Used when building the foundations for houses and consequently disturbing the earth. A ritual performed to prevent annoying the Earth...
A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Handwritten in "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. An untitled text. This seems to be a ritual of invocation used to entreat all the deities, who will be offered food. Extent: One unbound book consisting of eight folios. Size and...
A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Handwritten in "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script in black and red ink. A Vajra Vidharana purification ritual. A water purification and cleansing ritual undertaken through the deity Vajra Vidharana, practiced for the removal of co...
A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. Handwritten in "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. A protection ritual for times of difficulty, social breakdown. Connected with the protector figure བཤན་པ་དམར་པོ shenpa marpo. A ritual recommended directly by Guru Rinpoche ལས་བྱེ...
A handwritten unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A text for a ritual offering for three gods, probably the local gods Dorje Chenmo and her two sisters Dorje Yudon, Dorje Choedon The text refers to Dorje Chenmo, the protector of many monasteries in ...