A Japanese peasant woman is “heading “ barley by drawing the sheaves between teeth attached to a ...

Accession Number 129975
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Queale, Alan
Place made Japan: Eta Jima
Date made 29 May 1946
Conflict British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A Japanese peasant woman is “heading “ barley by drawing the sheaves between teeth attached to a wooden board whilst members of 66th Infantry Battalion, Jenko Force, watch during their reconnaissance and security patrols of islands of the Inland Sea.