Husking rice with stone wheels (chaser mills), by a farmhouse, Zhejiang Province
Collection
Identifier
Bo01-016
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Bo01-016. Photograph in cameo format. These husking machines are described by Rudolf P. Hommel in ‘China at Work’, as chaser mills. The mills were also used to grind beans, bones, etc. See JC-s230.
Caption in album or on mount
‘Husking rice’.
Related Photographs
Estimated Date
1870
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
