Drawing water to irrigate fields in rural Karnataka

This man is using cattle to draw water from a well to irrigate his fields, somewhere in rural southern Karnataka. The cattle pull a rope that draws up a bucket from a well, which then spills the water into a channel that runs into a field.

Full title: Drawing water to irrigate fields in rural Karnataka [electronic resource] English.
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1953.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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