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Title: Handbook to the ethnographical collections
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography Joyce, Thomas Athol, 1878-1942 Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945
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Publisher: (London) : Printed by order of the Trustees
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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55) into a long woodencylinder or tea-churn provided witha piston (fig. 56). A piece of butterand some parched barley are nowadded, and the whole is vigorouslychurned for a minute or two, afterwhich it is jjoured into a teapot ofred earthenware or tinned copper(fig. 57). Each person then producesfrom the bosom of his gown a littlewooden bowl, lined or otherwise orna-mented with silver (fig. 59). A littletea is then sprinkled as a libation,and the cups are filled. Taking with his fingers a lump of butter from a bladder orwooden butter-box, the drinker lets it melt in his l)owl, drinkingsome of the tea, and blowing the butter on one side. When onlya little tea is left in the bottom of the bowl, a handful of barley-meal is added, and the various ingredients are worked withthe fingers into a lump of brown dough which is swallowedand washed down with a fresh draught. Tiie Tibetans take their meals irregularly, l)ut tea is drunkin the manner above described at frequent intervals in the day.
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Fig. .56.—Churn u.sed in tea-making. Tibet. 70 ASIA Agriculture is confined principally to the cultivation of barleyand rice ; in addition to hoes, a simple wooden plough of Indiantype is u?ed. The riches of the country chiefly consist in flocksand herds of yaks and sheep. Horses are not very numerousexcept about Lake Koko Nor in the East. Cows are pastured inthe same region. The nomads of the north hunt yaks, wild asses, and antelopes,the latter for their horns, which are supposed to possess medicinalqualities. In many parts of Tibet the injunction of Buddhismagainst the taking of animal life prevents hunting from becominga common pursuit. Occupations are hereditary ; if a mans father was a tinker, he must follow the same trade. Blacksmiths are not skilful, and the axes and other tools made by them are of inferior quality. Copper-working attains a higher level; the large tea-pots and other vessels in general use are of solid construction. Lhasa and Dergyeh are the principal centres

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