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The fishing Thaos from Sun-Moon lake

NCL Special Collection / 4611 / (N/A) / About 1920s / 《Faces of the Century (Part I)》

The shape of fishing net in the picture looks like four arms. Therefore it is called "four-boat lift net". It was originally a fishing tool of Han people . The Thaos also use it for fishing.