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Close-up photograph of a tray of thin grey incense sticks resting on a golden tray. The tray sits on a leopard-print cloth over an ornate gold-embossed surface with repoussé floral and scroll patterns. No people are visible.

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February 22 20162016-02-22Close-up photograph of a large stack of thin, pale wooden sticks. A gold-and-green patterned cloth is visible at the right edge beneath the bundle, and a dark wooden surface lies at the bottom. No people are present and no a person candidate is visible.2016-12-18 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a bundle of thin, pale wooden sticks or splints laid in a dense, slightly fanned pile across a tray. Behind and beside them are a striped woven cloth in red, orange, yellow, green and blue, and a gold-patterned brocade with a purple edge. No people are visible; the scene looks like a ritual prop arrangement.2017-03-14March 14 20172017-03-14Close-up photograph of several brass plates heaped with dry wooden twigs and sticks. The plates rest on an orange-peach cloth, with green leaves visible at the top right corner. No people are visible in the frame.2011-11-01Close-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.2012-02-09Close view of a woven wicker basket filled with small dried wooden sticks, their cut ends pale, resting on a brass vessel. Beside it is a second brass pot holding more sticks. The sticks are. Behind them a striped textile in blue, red, green and yellow is laid out, with white flowers at the upper right. No people are visible.2016-12-19February 09 20122012-02-09Close photo of a hand holding a bundle of thin wooden sticks. A blurred figure in a white garment and orange shawl stands in the background, and another person in white with a red and green border is partly visible at right. The scene suggests a ritual setting with brass oil lamps and fire.2010-11-14A close-up photograph of a single lit incense stick, its thin dark stem and glowing ember in sharp focus in the foreground. Behind it, out of focus, is an ornate gold-toned embossed surface with swirling relief patterns, and to the right are blurred silver or metal ritual vessels. No people are visible in the frame, and the scene suggests a temple or puja setting with incense offering.2013-04-04A close photograph of a metal bucket or pot filled to the brim with bundled dried wooden sticks and twigs, some pale and some dark brown, piled loosely above the rim. The container sits on a reddish-brown earthen ground beside a blue metal pole at the right edge. No people or ritual figures are visible; the sticks appear to be kindling or firewood for a homa or fire offering.2017-03-11April AF 2012