Chickens are carried two or three days' journey in bamboo baskets, to be sold in the town of Kayin. If the porters come to a river they put the baskets down in shallow water, so that the chickens do not die of thirst.

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Title	Chickens are carried two or three days' journey in bamboo baskets, to be sold in the town of Kayin. If the porters come to a river they put the baskets down in shallow water, so that the chickens do not die of thirst.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	In Bambuskörben werden Hühner zwei bis drei Tagereisen weit getragen, um in der Stadt Kayin verkauft zu werden. Kommen die Träger an einen Fluss, so stellen sie die Körbe ins seichte Wasser, damit die Hühner nicht verdursten.
Subject (bmpixs)	bamboo basket bridge carrier m poultry river
Geographic subject (country)	China {modern state}
Coverage date	1905/1930
Photographer (bmpixn)	Krayl, Robert (Mr)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1905/1930
Type	images
Format	b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver; 7.9 x 9.9 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m20473
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
Part of official series	China. Trade and transport. 6. Krayl.
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	A-30.76.032
Same image reference number	QA-32.013.0098
References	impa-m51035
Rights	All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images -- both individuals and organisations -- to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Access conditions	Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
Repository name	mission21
Repository address	mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+4161 260 23 09), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Repository email	info@bmpix.org
Filename	impa-abmpix-7781
Archival file	impa_Volume28/impa-abmpix-7781.tiff

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Chickens are carried two or three days' journey in bamboo baskets, to be sold in the town of Kayin. If the porters come to a river they put the baskets down in shallow water, so that the chickens do not die of thirst.

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