A man in traditional Chinese dress pours faeces (for vegetable fertilisation) from his pail into a well, Kuching Sarawak, Borneo. Photograph by A.R. Wellington, 1908.
- Date:
- 1908
- Reference:
- 562919i
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1908
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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 13.9 x 9.4 cm
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Pouring the contents of the pail into the well. The human manure here is supposed to "ripen" for a week or so.
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Wellcome Collection 562919i
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