Tibet / China: A Khampas ferry man, carrying a walking stick, a rudimentary rifle and a rattan cable which was used to assist people across the Mekong River (1937). Photo by Ernst Schafer (1910-1992), Bundesarchiv, 1938 (CC BY-SA 3.0 License)

Kham is a region in eastern Tibet which was considered a "special administrative district" within China until 1939, when it became an official Chinese province. The people of Kham are called ‘Khampas’ and are highly reputed warriors.

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Ernst Schafer (1910-1992)

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