Man and woman pounding rice with pestles in a wooden mortar to loosen hull. Bigao [Bigaa, now Balagtas], Bulacan Province.
Man and woman pounding rice with pestles in a wooden mortar to loosen hull. Bigao [Bigaa, now Balagtas], Bulacan Province.
Creator
Bureau of Science
Date created
circa 1903-1922
Accession No.
OFI-006097
Format
Photograph, black & white.
Citation
Thurlow & Fournier Collection
Location
OFI-006089 to OFI-006317\OFI-006097.jpg
Notes
Subject: That's a very nice mortar! By pounding the rice hulls with the wooden pestle, the hull gets separated from the grain. Bigaa was renamed Balagtas in honor of Filipino poet Francisco Balagtas,
Type
Type: Photograph, B/W, white border, matte.
Medium
1 photographic print : sheet 17 x 12 cm.
Subject 1
Rice -- Hulling -- Philippines.
Subject 2
Mortars -- Philippines -- Bulacan (Province).
Subject 3
Clothing & dress -- Philippines -- 1900-1920.
Actual Image Location
OFI photographs, Box 16.
Call number
OFI-006097
Cataloger
GERRY