The coolie works a pedal turning the "runner" inside. The oven consists of an open bed about 6 feet x 10 feet into which is placed alternate layers of oyster shell and charcoal. Changchow, Fukien.
Details
Title
"Shell" of the blower of a lime-kiln
Published
1923-1924
Full Collection Name
Snapshots from the Collection of Julean Arnold
Type
Image
Archive
East Asian Library
Note
Gift of the estate of Julean and Gertrude Arnold, 1952.
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