Lhasa, New Year’s Parade, 1938 / 1939. A smiling Tibetan warrior archer with his bow and arrows worn on his belt alongside a matchlock musket. Note the elongated quiver with cross-straps, the standard quiver type used in Tibet.

Photo by Ernst Schäfer.

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