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Jurisdiction, torture and punishment in medieval China, torture by pressing knuckles with wooden bars. The victim kneels on the ground while two or three long wooden bars are placed between the legs and over the ankles in such a way that they exert massive pressure on the joints through leverage or body weight of the torturers, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th century original, exact date of presentation unknown, historical

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

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BRK26B05_047

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32,1Mb (582,5Kb) / 14,1in x 8,9in / 4218 x 2658 (300dpi)

Keywords

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