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A photograph of a man seated cross-legged on a concrete floor in a workshop, working on a flat piece of golden metal sheet with a tool. He wears a sleeveless white vest and a green and white checked lungi. Around him lie scraps of gold-coloured sheet, pliers, a hammer-like tool, paper sketches of curling floral and scroll designs, and finished round metal plates with radiating patterns leaning against a cinder-block wall.

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December 10 20062006-12-10A photograph of a man seated on a concrete floor, working on a wooden board with a hammer and chisel. He wears a white sleeveless vest and a green and black checked lungi, with his back to the camera. Scattered nails, loose paper scraps and a partly carved wooden piece lie around him, with a white plastic chair and a red gas cylinder in the background.2006-12-10 +1 copiesA man in a checked short-sleeved shirt and white dhoti with green border squats on a bare concrete floor, hammering and chasing a sheet of copper with a hand chisel and hammer. A red thread is tied on his wrist. Around him lie metal tools, a hammered copper bowl, stacked copper pots and wooden crates, and a concrete block wall stands behind. No a person candidate is visible; the scene shows metal casting and craft work at a sacred arts setting.2006-12-10 +1 copiesDecember 06 20092009-12-06A man in a checked collared shirt and white lungi crouches on a concrete floor, hammering a repoussé design into a sheet of orange-and-brown patinated copper. A wooden-handled chisel or punch rests against the metal, and scattered nails, metal curls and wood shavings lie around him. The embossed relief shows a face with bulging eyes, possibly a deity or mask motif. The scene looks like a metal craft workshop.2006-12-10 +1 copiesA man sits barefoot on the dirt floor of a workshop, hammering a large oval sheet of embossed silver-coloured metal spread out in front of him. He wears a white and blue checked short-sleeved shirt and a checked lungi, with a red thread on his wrist. Wood shavings and scraps of timber lie around him, and behind him are wooden planks, a metal drum and a yellow sack against a plain concrete-block wall.2009-12-13A barefoot man in a white dhoti and sleeveless white vest crouches on a concrete floor, working on a flat golden-brown metal sheet with a repoussé floral pattern, pressing it with his hand. Around him lie metal tools, a small anvil-like block, a crumpled paper bag, scrap newspaper and a carved gilded wooden panel leaning against the wall at right. A white wooden bench stands at left. The setting is a workshop-like room used for craft work.2009-09-22October 22 20112011-10-22June 07 20132013-06-07A man in white clothes sits cross-legged on a bare ground, bent over a large sheet of tan paper spread on the floor. He is tracing or drawing a curling scrollwork ornament with a pen-like tool, while a dark blue sheet lies beside his hand. Other sheets with drawn motifs, a wooden board, a wooden straight edge, and scattered books and a suitcase surround him in dappled sunlight.2006-09-05A man in a white sleeveless vest and blue-and-white checked lungi sits crouched on a concrete floor, chiselling a bronze-coloured lotus-petalled base with a small hammer and tool in his right hand while steadying the piece with his left. A wristwatch is visible on his left wrist. Around him lie scattered iron tools, chisels and nails, a wooden board, a blue woven sack, a yellow bag and coiled wires. The work appears to be metal casting finishing at a sacred arts workshop.2006-12-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a man in a striped yellow-and-white shirt and checked lungi crouched on a concrete floor, hammering a sheet of metal with a wooden-handled hammer. He is bent low over the work, and a second person in a blue-and-black checked lungi sits beside him holding a small printed booklet with a colourful cover showing a robed figure. Scattered wooden boards, sacks and a large copper pipe lie in the background of a workshop used for metal casting work.2006-12-10 +1 copies