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A man in a checked short-sleeved shirt and white dhoti with green border squats on a bare concrete floor, hammering and chasing a sheet of copper with a hand chisel and hammer. A red thread is tied on his wrist. Around him lie metal tools, a hammered copper bowl, stacked copper pots and wooden crates, and a concrete block wall stands behind. No a person candidate is visible; the scene shows metal casting and craft work at a sacred arts setting.

2006-12-10 +1 copies

A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and light brown dhoti sits on a black chair beside a corrugated wall, hammering a shallow metal dish held in his left hand against a short metal stand. He holds a wooden-handled hammer raised in his right hand and looks down at his work. A tilak mark is visible on his forehead. Pairs of dark footwear lie on the reddish ground to the right.

A photograph of a craftsman seated on a concrete floor in a bamboo-walled workshop, hammering a large curved golden metal panel with a wooden-handled mallet. He wears a white sleeveless vest and white dhoti with red stripes, with a thin orange wristband. Around him lie hammers, chisels, a wooden block, a blue toolbox, plastic bags of golden material and white sheets. The panel shows embossed scrollwork and a rim of studs.

September 22 2009

A craftsman in a light blue checked shirt kneels on a dirt floor, hammering and chiselling a copper repoussé panel with ornate scrolling leaf and floral patterns. A red thread is tied on his wrist, and a line of gold-coloured inlay runs along the panel. Hammers and a wooden block lie nearby, and bare feet are visible at the left edge. Ritual metalwork is being prepared in a workshop setting, with no a person candidate visible.

A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and white dhoti with a green border sits cross-legged on the ground, wearing glasses and a small tilak on his forehead. He hammers and cuts thin copper sheet with a small hammer and tool on a white cloth, while piles of curled copper scraps lie on the cloth and on a yellow sheet in the foreground. A larger hammer rests on the yellow cloth at right. Behind him are metal stands and a brass vessel on an orange mat. This is a photo of a metalwork task, not a person identified as a person.

2013-09-03 +2 copies

July 20 2009

Close photograph of a craftsman's hands working on a large reddish-brown metal vessel set on sandy ground in dappled sunlight. A man in a pale cream cloth crouches at left, holding a short iron chisel-like tool against the rim while a wooden-handled hammer rests beside it. The vessel's copper-toned surface shows green patina and rough metalwork. No people visible beyond the hands and cloth.

2006-09-05 +1 copies

A photograph of two men working on the ground under a corrugated metal shelter with a dusty red earth floor. In the foreground a man in a white sleeveless vest and purple shorts sits cross-legged, hammering a silver-toned metal vessel placed on a small anvil. Around him lie several polished silver pots, bowls and a rounded pedestal-like piece on a white cloth. Behind him a man in a pink-and-white checked shirt and red shorts sits and works on a wooden plank. A bottle of water and a small tool rest nearby, and a stool stands at the edge of the frame.

A photograph of a man in a striped yellow-and-white shirt and checked lungi crouched on a concrete floor, hammering a sheet of metal with a wooden-handled hammer. He is bent low over the work, and a second person in a blue-and-black checked lungi sits beside him holding a small printed booklet with a colourful cover showing a robed figure. Scattered wooden boards, sacks and a large copper pipe lie in the background of a workshop used for metal casting work.

2006-12-10 +1 copies

A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and white dhoti with orange-striped border sits on a wooden platform in a thatched workshop, bent over a curved copper sheet resting on a stone block. Beside him stands a metal rod or stand. Behind him lie a large gilded metal piece with red cloth, cardboard boxes, a plastic bottle, steel containers and a blue gas cylinder. The workman is shaping the metal by hand.

September 06 2009