Peeling bark from osiers (willow twigs)

#Picture Number TP79

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Victorian illustration to download showing a picture of women and children peeling bark from osiers (willow twigs), used for basket making. The women peel the osiers by pulling them through metal devices clamped to a beam, little girls hand them the twigs, and a little boy makes bundles of the peeled osiers.