Picture Details
Transporting tea
Partner:
Kew GardensImage reference:
ceb0014Origin:
Indian SubcontinentArtist / Date:
Unknown, 1930sDonor / Date:
Imperial InstituteSize:
87 x 139 mmDescription:
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Tea chests like these were taken from hill factories by porters and pack animals to the train or boat. The porters here may have come from Nepal for the work. The train or boat would probably have then taken the chests on to Calcutta or Chittagong. 90% of India's teas were exported from these ports at the time.
