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A photograph of weathered, tarnished metal fragments lying on bare red earth among scraps of crumpled newspaper, cast-off sheet metal strips and old rusted containers. Two large curved metal pieces in the foreground show embossed scalloped and fluted forms with blue-green and iridescent patina, one with a rounded knob at its base. Behind them are pale plaster or clay moulds and a weathered cylindrical metal drum. A wooden plank runs diagonally at the right edge. No people are visible, and the scene appears to be a workshop yard for metal casting work.

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