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41. Photo 1180/1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(6)
Title:
Harrowing after the jute seeds are sown. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing an agricultural worker operating a bullock-drawn harrow in a jute field.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 1180/1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(7)
Title:
Jute (the first weeding). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View showing a squatting line of agricultural workers weeding a jute field.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 1180/1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(8)
Title:
Jute (the second weeding). Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing agricultural workers weeding a field of well-grown jute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 1180/1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(11)
Title:
Cutting jute. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing four agricltural workers cutting full-grown jute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 1180/1(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(12)
Title:
Cutting jute under water. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View showing agricultural workers cutting jute from beneath the surface of the water.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 1180/1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(13)
Title:
Pulling jute up by the roots. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing agricultural workers, standing waist-deep in the water to harvest jute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 1180/1(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(14)
Title:
Binding jute previous to retting. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View showing agricultural worker, standing waist-deep in the water, binding up bundles of harvested jute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 1180/1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(15)
Title:
Retting jute. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
Showing a worker, standing waist-deep in the water, in the process of retting bundles of jute. Retting involves moistening and softening the jute to promote bacterial action, in order to facilitate separation of the fibres from the woody tissue by beating.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 1180/1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(16)
Title:
Beating jute with mallets (thapans) and extracting fibre. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View showing a group of workers, posed thigh deep in the water, using flat-bladed wooden thapans to beat the bundles of jute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 1180/1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1180/1(17)
Title:
Washing jute. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann.
Scope & Content:
View showing two agricultural workers washing bundles of cut jute.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item