Indian Women Grinding Corn
This photograph shows two Indian women in traditional saris and jewelry, performing the task of grinding corn. They are using two flat circular stones: the upper stone has a handle for turning and a hole where corn falls through on to the lower stone, where it is then crushed. Usually, women would grind corn to be made into chapati, a type of unleavened flatbread and staple of cuisine in South Asia.
Citation: Walter George Whitman Papers, Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts
Indian Women Grinding Corn
This photograph shows two Indian women in traditional saris and jewelry, performing the task of grinding corn. They are using two flat circular stones: the upper stone has a handle for turning and a hole where corn falls through on to the lower stone, where it is then crushed. Usually, women would grind corn to be made into chapati, a type of unleavened flatbread and staple of cuisine in South Asia.
Citation: Walter George Whitman Papers, Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts