Main page > Trade, Industry and Agriculture > Trade, Industry and Agriculture in Asia > The Plumbago Industry in Asia Please click on the images below:  | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/50 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Plumbago - General sifting of small stuff] 776 | | Description: | Showing workers, under the supervision of a Sinhalese manager, grading and sorting plumbago pieces with large metal sieves of various sizes... | | Full information |
|  | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/52 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Plumbago - sifting out the dross] 782 | | Description: | Close up view of workers sieving plumbago pieces. Annotated 'Skeen & Co' on the bottom left hand corner of the photograph... | | Full information |
|  | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/53 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Plumbago - hand sifting for discoloured pieces] 775 | | Description: | Showing female workers sorting plumbago in an open courtyard surrounded by barrels of plumbago awaiting shipment... | | Full information |
|  | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/54 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Plumbago - Coopers making the barrels, all made from local grown wood] 784 | | Description: | Showing coopers posed to demonstrate the various procedures involved in barrel making... | | Full information |
|  | | Classmark: | RCS Y303E/55 | | Originator: | W L H Skeen and Co | | Title: | [Plumbago - barrels ready for shipment, about 8 cwts] 777 | | Description: | Showing a courtyard filled with rows of barrels, with workers posed in the background... | | Full information |
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