Women carding cotton

These women are part of a larger group who are cleaning, carding and spinning cotton. The women sitting on the left are using a bow to card the cotton, which is a common and old method in India. The other squatting woman is pounding the cleaned cotton with a wooden mallet. Christoph von Furer-Haimen...

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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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