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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Where? And more exact date? Guessing late 19th? Guy is Buddhist and looks potentially Tibetan so I’m putting my guess for southern Gansu or Qinghai ;)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-34697724

Beijing, some time in the 1870s or 1880s. I suppose by the nature of him being a traveller with a whole caravan of camels, he's more likely than most to be very far from home

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for that link!

Duke University has a similarly cool collection from the same period.

Beijing makes sense too. Plenty of Tibetans there.