A Cotton Cleaner 'Thun-Thun-Aie-Wallah'.
watercolour, drawing
Accession Number
NAM.1959-08-91-1
Description
A Cotton Cleaner 'Thun-Thun-Aie-Wallah'. Watercolour by Capt Cornelius Francis (Frank) James, Bombay Staff Corps, 1870 (c). A ‘Bahna’, or cotton cleaner, removes dirt and other detritus from loose cotton, using a mallet to generate vibrations on a suspended bow string.
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