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Model of yoked bullock pulling straight plough being guided by one man. Separate figures nailed onto rectangular base; all made of light soft wood.
Collected by the donor's parents between 1908 and 1924 in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Items such as these were used by missionaries to illustrate their talks on life overseas.
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