RoundsImaging Services - Don Messerschmidt

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:20:28 +0000

Caption: Date: 1964-02-10 Location: Lamjung Description: Small house porch tea shop scene. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, batti, commerce, tea shop

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:20:22 +0000

Caption: Date: 1964-04-20 Location: Lamjung Description: Three women and one man of the Chhetri caste running an mustard oil seed press near their village in the hills. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, agriculture, pounding, pressing

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:20:17 +0000

Caption: Date: 1964-03-20 Location: Virlung, Tanahun Description: A Hindu sadhu from India poses for his photo while visiting a local mela (fair). Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, event, festival, sadhu

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:20:11 +0000

Caption: Date: 1964 Location: Lamjung Description: Peace Corps volunteer Don Messerschmidt crossing a slightly treacherous and warped bamboo bridge across the Marsyangdi River, barefoot (for better footing) with camera bag and boots slung around his neck. While pondering how to manage this scary crossing, a little old lady bounded across quickly, putting Don and his friend to shame for being so timid about it. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, PC volunteer, Peace Corp Photo History, People, bridge, community, named person

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:20:05 +0000

Caption: Date: 1964-10-03 Location: Virlung, Tanahun Description: A smartly dressed Gurung boy at the Mirlung 'mela' (fair). Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, child, event, festival

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:19:57 +0000

Caption: Date: 1983-09 Location: Baglung Description: Three village women de-husking rice on a traditional foot-powered hammer-like 'diki', with a woman winnowing the chaff away in the foreground. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, agriculture, husking, winnowing

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:19:51 +0000

Caption: Date: 1983-10 Location: Myagdi Description: An ethnic Magar wedding scene of musicians and reveling, dancing villagers in Tiplyang village in the Kali Gandaki river valley of Myagdi District. Left, standing, a teenage boy is playing the conical-bore horn instrument called 'narsinga', while seated on the porch next to him is another lad playing the oboe-like reed 'shanai'. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, dancing, event, musician, wedding

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:19:45 +0000

Caption: Date: 1966-07 Location: Jomsom, Mustang Description: A Thakali man blowing a human tibia-bone horn at a funeral ceremony in Thinigaun. He is holding another such horn in his right hand. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, event, funeral, musician, portrait

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:19:38 +0000

Caption: Date: 1966-07 Location: Jomsom, Mustang Description: Two monks blowing ritual horns at a funeral ceremony, while a Bonpo priest looks on seated in the background., at a funeral ceremony in Thinigaun. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, event, funeral, musician, priest/monk/lama/nun

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:19:32 +0000

Caption: Date: 1968-11 Location: Lete, Mustang Description: Three Thakali boys -- hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil, while squatting atop a stone wall in Kalopani. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, child, group photo, portrait

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:19:26 +0000

Caption: Date: 1968-11 Location: Mustang Description: Old ethnic Magar man in the traditional woolen cape called a 'baku', in front of his house along the Kali Gandaki River near Larjung. The baku is woven from sheep wool, and is rich with lanolin which makes it virtually waterproof, and warm on a cold wet day. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, portrait

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:19:20 +0000

Caption: Date: 1964-02-05 Location: Lamjung Description: Men of the Dalit tailor caste, playing the shanai (an oboe like reed instrument with a wailing sound) at a wedding. The shanai is one of the pancha baja or five traditional musical instruments traditionally played at weddings in rural communities. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, musician

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:19:09 +0000

Caption: Date: 1981-09 Location: Kaski Description: A carpenter (kath karmi) sawing a board with a one man rip saw for a house construction project. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, carpentry, handicrafts, woodworking

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:19:03 +0000

Caption: Date: 1981-08 Location: Barpak, Gorkha Description: Gurung shepherd boy holding the sheep's head while a man does the shearing, in a misty sheep pasture near Barpak, high in the upper Daraundi River watershed. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, agriculture, shepherding, tending animals

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:18:57 +0000

Caption: Date: 1981-08 Location: Barpak, Gorkha Description: Gurung shepherd boy wearing a woolen 'baku' cape in the mist at a sheep pasture near Barpak, high in the upper Daraundi River watershed. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, agriculture, child, portrait, shepherding, tending animals

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:18:51 +0000

Caption: Date: 1981-08 Location: Barpak, Gorkha Description: Gurung boy under the cover of a woolen 'baku' cape, in a sheep pasture near Barpak, high in the upper Daraundi River watershed. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, agriculture, child, portrait, shepherding, tending animals

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:18:45 +0000

Caption: Date 1982-02 Location: Chhoprak, Gorkha Description: A potter preparing 'green' pots for firing at a pottery kiln in Chorkate. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, handicrafts, pottery

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:18:39 +0000

Caption: Date: 1982 Location: Madhyapur Thimi, Bhaktapur Description: Potter of the Kumhal caste working in Sano Timi. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, handicrafts, pottery

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:18:33 +0000

Caption: Date: 1982 Location: Lamjung Description: Gurung village women making raksi in Sikrung village. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, cooking, home life

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Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:18:28 +0000

Caption: Date: 1964-02-15 Location: Patan, Lalitpur Description: Tibetan refugees making Tibetan carpets, at the cooperative Tibetan refugee carpet center at Ekanta Kuna, outside Patan city. Keywords: Don Messerschmidt, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, handicrafts, weaving