- WPAC-1125892
- Item
- 1904
South Africa
South Africa
Child grinding corn, Johannesburg
Basuto women stamping and grinding mealies
South African native life. Also features a woman using a pestle and mortar. Colour tinted image.
Man and two women grinding corn. Colour tinted version also available in collection.
Hawaiians pounding poi in Honolulu
Poi is a national dish of the Hawaiian. it is made from the taro, a sort of tuber which is first cooked and then mashed into a paste.
Pounding oil palm fruits to extract oil, West Africa
Grinding wheat for evening Khana
Peasants grinding corn in Jerusalem
South Africa
Arabs grinding corn, Basrah, Mesopotamia
Filippino girls grinding and sifting corn
Section of postcard also showing Headhunter and Carabo with sled.
Additional information from colour postcard of same image: Etnig girls, crushing rice, Mountain Province, Island of Luzon.
A Zulu woman grinding corn and nursing a baby
Black and white print with colour tint is also available.
A painted reproduction postcard exists in collection
In the Ainu home, Japan-British exhibition
Depicts two women pounding the rice to husk it.
Oconaluftee Indian Village
Cherokee, North Carolina
To make their bread, Cherokee Indians demonstrate the use of mortar and pestle for turning shelled corn into meal through the ancient pounding method. Another of the old Indian arts brought to life in the life like replica of a 200 year-old Cherokee village.