Caption: Date: 1978-10
Location: Namche Bazaar, Solukhumbu
Description: Kanchha and Ang Lhakpa Sherpa stand outside their expanded home. She is dressed in formal attire wearing a neckless of "zee" stones, coral and turquois. They have 4 surviving children: one son lives in Namche and runs hotels in Namche and Thyangboche, one daughter lives in Kathmandu, another daughter married a Dane and lives outside of Copenhagen and the last son lives and works with his wife in Seattle, Washington, USA. Keywords: Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, Peter Von Mertens, home life, house exterior, named person
