Hamamoto;Okinawa;Japan
Topic
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Steel drum containing soil and leaves, September 16, 1947
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31430059799595], item: H-39
Scope and Contents
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "A 55-gallon steel drum used for storage of night soil, leaves, etc. which forms a thick liquid or slurry and is applied after a period of fermentation with the little can on the end of the stick. This is near the village of Hamamoto, west-central Motobu peninsula."
Dates:
September 16, 1947
Steel drum with cultivated patches, September 16, 1947
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31430059799595], item: H-40
Scope and Contents
A sweet potato patch near the village of Hamamoto, west-central Motobu peninsula. The 55-gallon steel drum on the right is used for storing soil and leaves that are left to ferment. The can tied with a stick leaning against the drum is used to apply the fermented slurry. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Cultivated patches, mostly used for sweet potatoes, among the outcrops of rock on an area of Brown Forest soils and Lithosols from limestone with storage drum (B39)...
Dates:
September 16, 1947