Mani-Rimdu, Sherpa Dance-Drama
Author(s):
Jerstad, Luther G.
Copyright: 1969, Oxford, Calcutta
Specifications: 1st, 8vo, pp.xvi, 192, 22 bw photos, 6 figs, appendices, red cloth
Condition: dj w/ large edge chips, vg-, cloth vg.
Jerstad, known for this 1963 ascent of Everest, describes the Nepalese form of the Tibetan Buddhist dance-drama known as Cham. He observed Mani-Rimdu among the Sherpas of northeastern Nepal. From the collection of American mountaineer Richard Irvin with his signature.