Name/Title
Tradecard, threshing wheatEntry/Object ID
CHSA-07880Scope and Content
Color. Illus. England; London; Cavanders Ltd.: Silver background with an illus. of a Chinese man threshing wheat against a slate. See CHSA-07862-07886. Back: "Ancient Chinese No. 19"; "Rice and Wheat are usually threshed in China by beating on a frame of slats. A man takes a handful of the unthreshed grain in both hands and strikes it forcibly upon the slats until the grain is beaten out, when the straw is thrown aside and the process repeated. The grain is winnowed by throwing it up in the wind, or by a rudely constructed fanning-mill.Dimensions
Height
2-3/4 inWidth
1-1/2 in