Two Indian women working on the quern to grind the grain into flour. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Reference:
575457i
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Two Indian women working on the quern to grind the grain into flour. Gouache painting by an Indian painter. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The quern or grinding stone is called chakki in India and is traditionally used by women to grind wheat or other grains into flour

Publication/Creation

[India], [between 1800 and 1899?]

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1 painting : gouache, with brush ; image 10.5 x 17.1 cm

Reference

Wellcome Collection 575457i

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