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Search results: 3 item(s) for: "413 Special Tools"     
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1. [wa0050] [Atayal women hulling rice] [wa0050] [Atayal women hulling rice]413 Special Tools; 410 Tools and Appliances; 460 Labor; 462 Division of Labor by Gender; 250 Food ProcessingAtayal women hull grain with a foot-operated device. The poor lighting of this shot suggests an amateur production; nonetheless, this photo is not among the negatives or scrapbook photos in the Warner collection.
2. [wa0097] [Three women hulling millet with pestles] [wa0097] [Three women hulling millet with pestles]460 Labor; 410 Tools and Appliances; 250 Food Processing; 462 Division of Labor by Gender; 413 Special Tools; 290 ClothingH. Suzuki enthused: ""The sounds of 18 maidens pounding pestles sounds like songbirds in the mountain"" (Suzuki 1935, p.21). The three Atayal women pictured here, however, are hulling millet with their wooden pestles, which differ from the musical variety. Mashitobaon village, Taizhong prefecture
3. [wa0243] [Paiwan millet-pounders] [wa0243] [Paiwan millet-pounders]460 Labor; 410 Tools and Appliances; 220 Food Quest; 224 Hunting and Trapping; 250 Food Processing; 462 Division of Labor by Gender; 413 Special Tools; 290 ClothingAccording to Masegseg Jingror: ""The Paiwan use the mortar and pestle for pounding millet, rice and other miscellaneous grain crops. They also use mortar and pestle for making rice cake. In the picture the couple wear their traditional costumes and pound millet at the same time. This seems very unusual. Probably they are just posturing for the sake of the photograph....Hunting pigs is the favorite game of Paiwan men, for pork is an exotic and delicious food, and its skin and teeth can be used for head ornaments. Therefore, as shown in the picture, they string the pig bones and hang them outside the house to signify the glory of their family"" (Tung 1996, p. 188).
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