File:Indian woman gining cotton.jpg

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anonymous: Indian woman gining cotton
Artist	Unknown artistUnknown artist
Title	Indian woman gining cotton label QS:Len,"Indian woman gining cotton"
Object type	painting
Description	English: This painting depicts a woman turning rollers to separate the cotton fibres or lint from the seeds, a process called cotton-ginning. The cleaned cotton would then be spun into yarn, using charkhas or spinning wheels.
Date	between 1815 and 1820 date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1815-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1820-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Place of creation	Indian Subcontinent
Source/Photographer	http://www.plantcultures.org:80/pccms/action/showItem;jsessionid=8F048FBFD5394B07723018FDDB409CAD?id=288

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:51, 16 March 2006		550 × 455 (40 KB)	Ranveig	This painting depicts a woman turning rollers to separate the cotton fibres or lint from the seeds, a process called cotton-ginning. The cleaned cotton would then be spun into yarn, using charkhas or spinning wheels. Origin: Indian Subcontinent Artist

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