topic:"Nepal" found 26 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Himalayan pathways...

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1981

Author: Germain, Bernard

Publisher: Reims (France): Centre International de Sejour

Call Number: DS485 N4 G4 (Eng. trans.)

Author: Germain, Bernard

Responsibility: drawings by Henri Heidsieck; translation by Linda Collinge

Publisher: Reims (France): Centre International de Sejour

Published Date: 1981

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Nepal; Poetry

Call Number: DS485 N4 G4 (Eng. trans.)

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Sentiers de l'Himalaya

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1981

Author: Germain, Bernard

Publisher: Reims (France): Centre International de Sejour

Call Number: DS485 N4 G4

Author: Germain, Bernard

Responsibility: Bernard Germain, Henri Heidsieck

Publisher: Reims (France): Centre International de Sejour

Published Date: 1981

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Nepal; Poetry

Call Number: DS485 N4 G4

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Untitled (Nepalese woman)

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.08

Description: A woman looking down into the left corner of the image. She wears a purple cap, a shirt with blue sleeves, and a striped, multicoloured skirt or apron. At the upper left corner there is a suggestion of foliage, with various shades of green. The signature “Middleton” is signed in blue at the bottom…

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Artist: Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)

Title: Untitled (Nepalese woman)

Date: 1981

Medium: watercolour on paper

Dimensions: 57.5 x 26 cm

Description: A woman looking down into the left corner of the image. She wears a purple cap, a shirt with blue sleeves, and a striped, multicoloured skirt or apron. At the upper left corner there is a suggestion of foliage, with various shades of green. The signature “Middleton” is signed in blue at the bottom right corner.

Subject: Nepal; woman; Nepalese woman

Credit: Gift of Janet Holly Middleton, Banff, 2012

Catalogue Number: MiJ.05.08

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Fibre Belt

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Date: 1982

Material: hair, sheep; fabric

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1174

Description: A narrow wool belt from Nepal, woven in a split tapestry technique, in various colours; has an off-white cotton braided fringe (the warp) that is knotted on the ends.

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Title: Fibre Belt

Date: 1982

Material: hair, sheep; fabric

Dimensions: 3.5 x 126.0 cm

Description: A narrow wool belt from Nepal, woven in a split tapestry technique, in various colours; has an off-white cotton braided fringe (the warp) that is knotted on the ends.

Subject: crafts; weaving; households; clothing; Nepal

Credit: Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009

Catalogue Number: 103.05.1174

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Where mountains live : twelve great treks of the world

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 1987

Author: Le Bon, Leo

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Aperture : Distributed in the U.S. by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Call Number: G504 W44 L43

Author: Le Bon, Leo

Responsibility: Leo Le Bon

Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Aperture : Distributed in the U.S. by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published Date: 1987

Physical Description: 144 pages : color illustrations

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: China; Bhutan; Nepal; Peru; Chile; Photography; Hiking; Travel

Abstract: Pertains to trekking in China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Tanzania with many photographs and expedition planners for each geographical area.

Contents: Foreward by Sir Edmund Hillary; Introduction; China:; Chapter One - The Karakoram Trek to K2; Chapter Two - Everest: The Kangshung Trek; Chapter Three - The Minya Konka Trek; Trekking in China - Expedition Planners; Bhutan:; Chapter Four - The Chomolhari Trek; The Chomolhari Trek - Expedition Planner; Nepal:; Chapter Five - Around Annapurna; Chapter Six - The Kanjiroba Trek; Trekking in Nepal - Expedition Planners; India:; Chapter Seven - The Trans-Himalaya Trek; Chapter Eight - From Kishtwar to Zanskar; Trekking in India - Expedition Planners; Peru:; Chapter Nine - The Cordillera Blanca Traverse; Chapter Ten - The Inca Highlands Trail; Trekking in Peru - Expedition Planners; Chile and Argentina:; Chapter Eleven - Trekking in Patagonia; Trekking in Patagonia - Expedition Planner; Tanzania:; Chapter Twelve - The Kilimanjaro Trek; The Kilimanjaro Trek - Expedition Planner; Photography Notes; Acknowledgements; Bibliography

Notes: Signed by author - addressed to Hans Gmoser

ISBN: 0893812420

Accession Number: AC637

Call Number: G504 W44 L43

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Stories and customs of the Sherpas

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2000

Publisher: Kathmandu, Mera

Edition: 4th ed

Call Number: 02.1 She3

Responsibility: told by Ngawang Tenzin Zangbu, Abbot of Tengboche Monastery; edited by Frances Klatzel

Edition: 4th ed

Publisher: Kathmandu, Mera

Published Date: 2000

Physical Description: x, 82p. : ill

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Travel; Culture Guide; Sherpa-history; Nepal; Literature

ISBN: 9993355305

Accession Number: 2017-8669

Call Number: 02.1 She3

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Fallen giants : a history of Himalayan mountaineering from the age of empire to the age of extremes

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Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Published Date: 2008

Author: Isserman, Maurice

Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press

Call Number: DS485 I87

Author: Isserman, Maurice

Responsibility: Maurice Isserman and Stewart Weaver with maps and peak sketches by Dee Molenaar

Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press

Published Date: 2008

Physical Description: xii, 579 p. : ill.

Medium: Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)

Subjects: Himalaya Mountains; Nepal; Mountaineering

ISBN: 9780300164206

Accession Number: AC609

Call Number: DS485 I87

Collection: Alpine Club of Canada Library

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Shoulder Bag

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Date: 2008

Material: fabric; plastic; metal

Catalogue Number: 103.08.1143

Description: A small bag from Nepal, woven on the back, and woven and embroidered on the front, with a multi-coloured corded strap (135.0cm) sewn onto the side of the bag, extending from the fringed bottom 4.0cm suspended from a blue plastic bead, to an over-the-shoulder cord. The front part is backed by a blac…

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Title: Shoulder Bag

Date: 2008

Material: fabric; plastic; metal

Dimensions: 15.5 x 19.0 cm

Description: A small bag from Nepal, woven on the back, and woven and embroidered on the front, with a multi-coloured corded strap (135.0cm) sewn onto the side of the bag, extending from the fringed bottom 4.0cm suspended from a blue plastic bead, to an over-the-shoulder cord. The front part is backed by a black muslin cotton piece that forms a separate compartment. There is a plastic and metal black zipper (15.0cm) on the top portion of the bag (one compartment) and the same kind and size of zipper lower down (5.0cm) opening onto a separate compartment. The bottom front of the bag 13.5x15.0cm wide) is gold satin with a circular embroidered design; the top part (5.0x15.0cm wide) is a multi-coloured woven design the same as the entire back of the bag. The paper price tag is attached by a piece of clear plastic; it reads “TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES” in red lettering and “ MADE IN/FABRIQUE DU NEPAL/NEPAL 5900165” in black lettering and the barcode underneath.