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December 23 2015

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A close photograph of a metal bucket or pot filled to the brim with bundled dried wooden sticks and twigs, some pale and some dark brown, piled loosely above the rim. The container sits on a reddish-brown earthen ground beside a blue metal pole at the right edge. No people or ritual figures are visible; the sticks appear to be kindling or firewood for a homa or fire offering.2017-03-11Close-up photograph of several brass plates heaped with dry wooden twigs and sticks. The plates rest on an orange-peach cloth, with green leaves visible at the top right corner. No people are visible in the frame.2011-11-01Close-up photograph of a large stack of thin, pale wooden sticks. A gold-and-green patterned cloth is visible at the right edge beneath the bundle, and a dark wooden surface lies at the bottom. No people are present and no a person candidate is visible.2016-12-18 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a bundle of thin, pale wooden sticks or splints laid in a dense, slightly fanned pile across a tray. Behind and beside them are a striped woven cloth in red, orange, yellow, green and blue, and a gold-patterned brocade with a purple edge. No people are visible; the scene looks like a ritual prop arrangement.2017-03-14Close photo of a dull green metal bucket filled to the rim with a heap of short, dried, pale brown twigs and sticks, some with cut ends, sitting on a reddish-brown earthen floor. A blue metal pole stands at the right edge. No people visible.2017-03-11December 05 20162016-12-05Close-up photograph of bundles of cut wooden logs or sticks stacked in rows, each bundle bound with green plastic strips. The log ends are pale and freshly cut. Behind them a magenta or purple cloth hangs against a white backdrop, and a blurred floor is visible at the lower right. The scene looks like preparation for a homa fire ritual. No people are visible.2015-12-23December 21 20092009-12-21Close view of a woven bamboo basket filled with bundles of dried twigs and stalks tied with thread, arranged on a deep maroon cloth. Several bundles show pale, knobbed nodes and grey-brown bark. Greenish leaves sit at the left edge, and a metal plate of fine brown grain or powder is at the lower right. No people are visible.2016-12-15February 09 20122012-02-09A photograph of a homa fire pit lined with reddish-brown brick and dusted with sand. Inside, a stacked pile of pale, dried wooden sticks and split logs rests on the sand, with several upright sticks leaning among them. No people are visible, so the scene is an empty ritual fire pit with its prepared wood, ready for offerings.2007-07-22Close photograph of a round metal tray filled with a heap of thin brown woody sticks. No people are visible. A white plate is partly visible at the top left, and a small purple logo sits in the top left corner.2017-12-20 +1 copies