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Tskhril. Sieve for collecting gold grains

Georgia Museums, Svaneti Museum of History and Ethnography, Mestia, Georgia

Tskhril. The popular method of collecting gold grains in Svaneti still survives in Enguri Gorge. Washing gold-rich sand and thereby extracting gold was done with the help of sieves or tin pans.

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Tskhril. Sieve for collecting gold grains.
Taken on  Tuesday 30th of June 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Source:  Mestia, Georgia
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