Tuesday 19 July 2022

Women winnowing rice in Land Dayak house


 Photograph showing two Land Dayak women (Bidayuh's), sitting on the floor of a timber house. The elderly woman on the left side is holding a child, while the woman to siiting on the right winnows rice by tossing it into the air on woven mats. A woven mat, with a pile of rice on it, sits between the two women.

The rice or padi was husked in the longhouse, once harvested, and then winnowed to remove the rice bran.'Women winnowing rice in Land Dayak house' by Hedda Morrison,Circa 1960's.

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