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December 28 2011

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December 05 20162016-12-05Close-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.2011-11-01April AF 2012February 09 20122012-02-09Close 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 copiesClose-up photograph of several tied bundles of dried, pale brown woody twigs and sticks, bound together with rough cord. The bundles are packed in a grey metal container at the bottom of the frame, with cut ends showing lighter inner wood. No people, deities or ritual setting are visible; the bundles look like dried sacred wood or herb sticks prepared for an offering or fire ritual.2018-04-26 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of piles of thin dry twigs. A red and gold brocade cloth lies at the lower right edge and a blurred white garment appears at the top left. No people are visible; the image is dim and warm-toned.2012-02-09Close 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.2016-12-15Close 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.2017-03-11Close view of a woven wicker basket filled with small dried wooden sticks, their cut ends pale, resting on a brass vessel. Beside it is a second brass pot holding more sticks. The sticks are. Behind them a striped textile in blue, red, green and yellow is laid out, with white flowers at the upper right. No people are visible.2016-12-19A 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.2017-03-11October 04 20082008-10-04