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A man ploughing with oxen; in the background, women tending the paddy fields. Gouache drawing, 18--.

A ploughman guides his plough across the field helped by a boy. Engraving by Hemsley after W.(?) Craig.

A shepherd boy is resting under a tree with his flock of sheep and his dog. Engraving.

Burma: members of the royal family accompanied by courtiers and drummers drive oxen through a rice paddy to inaugurate the annual crop. Gouache painting.

Payable to the bearer on demand one hundred birr / National Bank of Ethiopia.

Two grazing cattle with a man and a woman, and men ploughing land. Etching by J. Visscher after N. Berchem.

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A man ploughing with oxen; in the background, women tending the paddy fields. Gouache drawing, 18--.

A shepherd boy is resting under a tree with his flock of sheep and his dog. Engraving.

Payable to the bearer on demand one hundred birr / National Bank of Ethiopia.

A ploughman guides his plough across the field helped by a boy. Engraving by Hemsley after W.(?) Craig.

Two grazing cattle with a man and a woman, and men ploughing land. Etching by J. Visscher after N. Berchem.