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October 22 2012

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February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a brass plate on a red cloth holding a heap of dried herbal stems, twigs and leaves, with a few small pale pieces and a yellow flower petal in the foreground. A brass singing bowl sits blurred in the background. No people are visible, and no person is identifiable in the scene.2016-12-02Close 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-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.2012-02-09April AF 2012October 04 20082008-10-04A close photograph of a large round brass plate heaped with dried homa offering materials: crumbled bark pieces, dried leaves, seeds, a bundle of dried twigs tied with yellow thread, a reddish wood chunk and scattered white petals. The plate rests on a striped pink, green and purple cloth, with a white cushion blurred at the top. No people are visible. This is the sacred offering mix prepared for a homa fire ritual.2016-07-02 +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 copiesOctober 04 20082008-10-04Close-up photograph of a large brass plate heaped with dried, pale brown twigs and sticks, arranged loosely over a multicoloured woven cloth in red, yellow, green and blue. A cut orange sleeve of clothing is visible at the top left. Another brass plate is partly visible at the upper right. The twigs look like prepared ritual wood for a homa or yagna fire. No people are clearly visible in the frame.2017-02-21Close-up photograph of a small pile of dry twigs, thin straw-like stalks and pale split sticks heaped on broken dried cow-dung cakes, with a single small yellow flower tucked among them. The background is blurred dark earth. No people are visible.2015-11-22