Manchu archer, Qing China, 1874

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Manchu archer, Qing China, 1874

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2048557/manchu-archer-qing-china-1874

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I thought only women suffered the cruel foot-binding? Those are tiny…

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He’s holding his bow so clumsy, total n00b

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that is what i thought, but then reaalised this photo being taken in 1874, and exposure time was still in hours, so he likely got very stiff holding it so could not hold out correct posture

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I was just joking, but you are probably right!

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