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A photograph of a museum-style diorama of a traditional village household interior, with lifelike figures rather than living people. On the left, a male figure in a white dhoti and white shirt sits and works with tools at a wooden bench. In the centre, a figure in a pale green and cream sari with a red bindi and bangles sits holding a woven pink and white basket or tray. On the right, a figure in a bright orange-yellow shawl and sari with a nose ring and bangles sits beside a clay pot filled with grain. Further items include a carved wooden chair, a wooden cabinet on the wall, a clay bowl and a wooden tool-box. The walls are pale blue with a red dado.

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Photograph of a museum-style interior with a white-washed wall and red painted lower band, showing life-sized figures of two men seated on a sandy floor. The figure on the left wears a white dhoti and shirt and works with a tool; the figure on the right is bare-chested in an orange-saffron dhoti, with a short beard and dark hair, bending over a sandy patch and holding a small implement. Behind them stand a dark bronze-toned female figure with raised arms, a blue painted bust of a deity with a tall crown, rudraksha-style necklaces and gold ornaments, small painted folk figurines, a clay pot at left, and carved wooden furniture and a framed window with coloured glass at top. The two seated figures are statues or mannequins, not living people.2010-09-26A museum-style display in a plain whitewashed room shows a life-size figure seated on a sand-covered floor, dressed in a white kurta and white dhoti with a red tilak on the forehead, carving a relief of reclining figures on a stone block. Beside it, a second figure in an orange saffron cloth sits bare-chested, grinding material in a small stone mortar. Behind them are small painted deity figurines, a blue-faced deity bust with a gold crown, and a wall-mounted carved wooden bracket. Scattered sand-coloured cloth and carved stone pieces lie on the floor. The figures are wax or sculpted mannequins rather than living people.2010-09-26A dim interior display of a village craft workshop with orange-ochre walls decorated with white kolam patterns and a thatched roof with wooden posts. Life-like figures, appearing to be mannequins or sculptures rather than living people, sit on the floor weaving and working with baskets and mats. A seated figure on the right wears a white dhoti and shirt and holds a basket on a low stool. Another figure in a pink and blue sari sits in front working on a woven mat. Other seated figures in white and in a green-bordered sari work with bundles of colourful thread and reeds. Woven baskets, clay pots and mats are scattered across the floor.2010-09-26Photo inside a rustic thatched hall with orange-ochre walls and a raised red-and-white painted platform decorated with white kolam designs. A seated man in white clothes sits on the platform beside a woven straw basket, with a wooden pillar in the foreground. At the right, another man in white sits low on the floor near baskets and a bowl. At the far left edge, an elderly woman in a pale yellow sari holds up a wooden board.2010-09-26A thatched-roof hut with orange-ochre mud walls and white kolam designs on the wall. Life-size lifelike figures are seated on the floor weaving or working with baskets. A figure on the right in a white shirt and white dhoti sits and holds his hands together; a figure on the left wears a pink and blue sari; a figure in the center wears a green sari and sits behind a small tray of colourful packets. Woven bamboo baskets and mats are scattered across the floor. Behind them, a man in a checked shirt and a figure in white sit working. A real person in a white shirt stands at the far right edge.2010-09-26A diorama-style village household scene at dusk under a bright bulb, with a mud-plastered wall decorated with white kolam patterns and a red painted base. Two adult women sit on a woven mat grinding grain: the woman on the left in a yellow-green sari presses a stone grinding wheel, while the woman on the right in an orange sari holds a flat tray. Behind them a boy and a girl sit on a wooden bench. These appear to be lifelike figures or statues rather than living people. A pair of large stone grinding stones lies in the foreground, and orange marigold garlands hang at the doorway.2010-02-03A photograph inside a mud-walled room with an orange-ochre wall, a woven thatch ceiling and white kolam-style floor patterns on the walls. A woman in a pink and purple sari stands at left with her hand raised near her face. A man in a white shirt and white cloth with a white head wrap stands behind a large woven basket, and another person in white bends over a second basket at right. In the foreground a seated person in a peach-orange top and red-pink lower garment sits on a woven mat with a colourful striped head cloth, holding a small object. At right a seated man in a blue checked shirt and white dhoti sits on the mat. Woven baskets and a straw-covered floor fill the room.2010-09-26A life-size figure of a bare-chested man in orange dhoti sits cross-legged on a sandy floor, grinding or mixing something in a small dark bowl held in his hands. He has long dark hair, a full beard and a red tilak on his forehead. Beside him a stone mortar holds a wooden pestle, and a few small clay or stone objects lie on a cloth. Behind him stands a blue-faced deity bust with a golden crown, and a carved wooden bed frame fills the back wall. The figure and objects are displayed as a statue or diorama indoors.2010-09-26A rustic village scene under a thatched roof, lit by a bare hanging bulb. Two women sit on woven mats grinding grain between stone querns; the woman at left wears a yellow sari with green border and bangles, and the woman at right wears an orange blouse and sari with bangles, holding a woven basket. Behind them two children sit on a wooden bench in front of a mud wall decorated with white kolam-style patterns and red painted borders. Bamboo fencing and foliage frame the scene. The figures appear to be lifelike wax or figure models in a village diorama, not living people.2010-02-03A night-time photograph inside a covered mud-walled demonstration hut decorated with white kolam-style line patterns on red and ochre walls. Six men in white dhotis and white shirts or bare chests work around clay pots and a raised ochre platform. A bare-chested man on the right pounds with a long wooden pestle, while others sit on the ground around pots, a small flame, and sacks. A bamboo railing separates the area from viewers. The scene suggests traditional grain or herbal preparation.2010-09-26September 19 20062006-09-19Three men in white dhotis and shirts sit on the floor of a simple concrete workshop, working on bronze or metal deity figures placed on a dark work mat. The man on the left holds a figure and works with a tool, the man in the middle works on another piece, and the older man on the right, with white hair and a moustache, wears a rudraksha mala and holds a metal tool. A brass kalasha-shaped vessel stands on the platform behind them, with a stone mortar and metal tools in front. A large black-and-white image of a deity's face hangs on the wall above. The scene shows sculptors crafting temple murtis.2007-01-31