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[Photo.86/2(037)] Tibetan visitor to Lhasa, 1939


A photograph of Tibetan visitor to Lhasa in 1939. His rifle has a tuft of red wool in the barrel to represent fire.

Part of a collection of 81 loose black and white photographs taken by Fleming Mackenzie while serving in Tibet in 1938-1939. From the Collections of Lieut.-Col. Fleming Mackenzie, donated by his daughter Mrs Ann O’Neill in 2022.