Tradecard, threshing wheat

Name/Title

Tradecard, threshing wheat

Entry/Object ID

CHSA-07880

Scope 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 in

Width

1-1/2 in