Women carding cotton

The woman on the left is carding using a bow, which is a common and old method in India. Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf identified these people as 'Kanara [Kannada]' in his notes, which presumably means that they are Kannada-spearkers.

Full title: Women carding cotton [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1940.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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