This is a photograph of a father and his sons at work. "The father is a tailor but the sons make steelyards. The youngster [left] uses a native drill for the weight markings on the couterpoise. Steel drill in the end of the upright stick turns when he pulls the cross piece back and across, with cord wrapped around to whirl the upright." In thebackground, the father is working on clothes and the mother is carrying a small child.
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