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December 28 2011

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A small brown-and-tan squirrel peeks over the edge of a white light fixture at night, its dark eye and pointed ears visible, with its striped tail trailing down the frame. Dark metal poles and tangled dry plant stems and cables surround it on a rooftop-like setting. No people or ritual activity are visible.2011-12-28January 21 20172017-01-21A small brown sparrow perches on the rusty, weathered edge of a grey metal beam against a plain off-white wall. The bird faces left, with streaked brown wings and a pale belly. No people, deities or ritual objects are visible in the frame.2006-09-26A squirrel with grey-brown fur sits on a thin branch among dense dark green broad leaves, its body partly hidden by foliage and its tail hanging down toward the lower left. Bright sky shows through gaps in the leaves. No people or ritual setting is visible.2010-10-02A small brown sparrow perches on a woven straw or paddy-grain garland stretched across the frame, its heads of golden grain hanging in fringes below. The background is a soft-focus wall of terracotta-orange tones. No people or a person are visible; the subject is the bird on the harvest decoration.2017-01-21January 21 20172017-01-21A striped palm squirrel clings head-down to the grey, rough bark of a large tree trunk, with its tail raised and a thin light stripe along its brown back. Blurred tree trunks and greenery fill the background. A purple bird logo sits in the upper left corner.2006-10-06A photograph of green leaves and bare branches of a tree, with a striped squirrel partly hidden among the foliage on the left side of the frame. Broad round leaves with visible veins dominate the image, and the blurred trunk and patches of sky show through the gaps. No people, deities or ritual objects are visible.2010-10-02A photograph of a large banyan tree with thick, smooth grey trunks and aerial roots spreading through its branches. Partly hidden in a dark hollow of the trunk near the centre sits a small, streaked brown and white owlet or owl-like bird, looking out. Green leaves fill the upper left, with bright sky showing between branches. No people are visible in the scene.2010-02-09Two small brown sparrows perch and peck at a hanging bundle of golden paddy rice stalks, woven into a thatched frond-like arrangement. The blurred background shows terracotta roof tiles in warm orange tones. No people are visible, and the scene is a simple natural image of birds feeding on grain.2017-01-21Close photograph of golden-straw festoon garlands hung from a dark wooden pillar beneath a roof edge, with small turquoise-tipped bulbs strung along thin wires. Several sparrows perch on and flutter around the fringed straw garlands. No people are visible; the scene is an decorated temple or courtyard canopy with birds, shot in warm sunlight against shadow.2017-02-09January 21 20172017-01-21