Husking rice with a stone wheel and an ox (chaser mill), Yinzhou (鄞州), Ningbo

Collection

Identifier

JC-s230

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Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JC-s230. Image on a post card (without publication details). This apparatus is described by Rudolf P. Hommel in ‘China at Work’, as a chaser mill. These mills were also used to grind beans, bones, etc. ‘Tiendong’ (Tiantong) is in Yinzhou District (鄞州), Ningbo. See Bo01-016.

Caption in album or on mount

Husking Rice. Tiendong.

Location

Ningbo

Estimated Date

1920s

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph