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A young man in a black t-shirt and blue checked shorts kneels on a concrete floor, working on a cylindrical clay or terracotta mould with a hammer and chisel. The mould is partly filled with dark material and a wooden core. A white sack, a striped cushion and a wooden chair sit in the room behind him, with scattered wood shavings on the floor. He wears a beaded necklace and a red bangle.

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A 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 two men seated on a concrete floor in a cluttered workshop, working on a copper object. The man on the right wears a black t-shirt, a blue-checked lungi, a beaded necklace and a wristwatch, and hammers the rim of a copper vessel resting on a cushion. The man on the left, in a white vest and blue-checked lungi, bends over the work and taps with a small hammer. Behind them are stacked jute sacks, plywood sheets, a wooden chair and a white door. Only the two workers are visible.2006-12-10A 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 copiesA photograph of a man in a white sleeveless vest and blue-and-white checked lungi sitting cross-legged on a concrete floor, hammering a small metal chisel onto a round wooden or carved object held in his left hand. A wooden box filled with metal tools and nails sits to the left, with a blue tarpaulin beneath the work. Scattered nails lie on the floor, and a wristwatch is visible on his hand.2006-12-10A young man in a black t-shirt and blue checked lungi sits on the floor hammering a copper vessel held on a sack-cloth cushion. He grips a wooden-handled hammer with one hand while steadying the rounded copper pot with the other, working on a metal casting or shaping task. Bare feet rest on a concrete floor, with burlap sacks and a folded white cloth at the left edge and a pair of tongs or pliers nearby. Small printed photographs lie on the floor behind the pot.2006-12-10A close photograph of metalwork in progress: a worker's hand holding a small tool with a wooden handle against the rim of a large, polished copper-coloured bulbous pot resting on a sack or cloth on a concrete floor. The worker wears a wristwatch with a brown strap and a silver ring, and a blue-and-black checked shirt is visible at the left. Another hand holds a hammer at the upper left, and a few printed photographs lie on the floor behind the pot.2006-12-10 +1 copiesPhotograph of four men seated on a concrete floor in a simple thatched workshop doing hand metalwork on small copper-coloured vessels and bowls. The man at left in a pink checked shirt and white dhoti works on a pink vessel with a tool; a shirtless man in blue checked lungi strikes a piece with a hammer; at right a man in a black shirt and checked lungi tools a rounded pot; and a man in a yellow striped shirt and checked lungi chisels a flat metal plate on a mat. Tools, metal rods, cloth bags, a red chair and a wooden bench surround them.2006-12-10 +1 copiesJune 29 20132013-06-29A 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 copiesA close photograph of a worker's hand shaping a large polished copper vessel with a rounded, ribbed body resting on a cloth-covered surface. The hand, wearing a silver ring, holds a flat dark tool pressed against the metal near the rim. The worker wears a blue and grey checked garment, and dark clay or casting material sits at the edge of the vessel. A printed photograph is visible at the top of the frame. The scene suggests metal casting or finishing work at a sacred arts workshop.2006-12-10November 29 20132013-11-29July 20 20092009-07-20