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Close photo of two handmade clay sculptures on a white table. The left piece is a clay tree or flower-like form with a thick stem and wide petal-shaped top on a flat round base. Beside it is a shallow clay bowl filled with small clay balls. Children's legs in patterned clothing and bare feet are visible at the top edge, sitting on a blue tarpaulin with more clay pieces. Mud-like smudges cover the table. No faces are visible.

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Overhead photo of clay modelling on a tan cardboard board laid over a blue plastic sheet. Many small hand-shaped clay pieces are arranged across the board, including cups, bowls, cylinders, a flower-like form and a rectangular slab. At the bottom, two bare hands and feet of a child are visible shaping clay, and a seated person's brown-clad leg appears at the left edge. A white scrap of cloth lies at the lower left.2007-05-01Close-up photo of hands working with wet brown clay on a blue plastic sheet over a concrete floor. A person's bare arm with a thin bangle reaches in from the upper right, kneading clay in a white cloth. Loose clay pieces are arranged on the left, including a rounded lump, an elongated roll and a block with five small rounded bumps on top. The scene appears to be a clay modelling activity, with no people's faces visible.2007-05-01Overhead view of unfired clay sculpture work on a white sheet over a blue plastic tarpaulin. Two clay figures sit at center: a rounded clay form with a curled element and a second, more detailed clay figure with a raised arm and folded shape. Another partial clay figure appears at upper left, and small clay scraps are scattered across the white sheet. Only a dark sleeve edge is visible at lower right, and the image has a bright, washed-out tone.2007-05-01Overhead view of children seated on a blue plastic sheet on a concrete floor, shaping clay. A child in white clothing kneels at top centre, pressing clay with both hands. Another child in a brown garment sits at right, with a dark bead mala visible at the edge. On a tan cardboard board in the centre are many small handmade clay pieces: bowls, cups, rounded lumps, sticks and simple figures. A white plate of clay sits at top right, and a plastic bottle is at top left. The scene shows a children's clay modelling activity.2007-05-01A close-up photograph of a clay relief sculpture on a blue-painted surface. A raised rectangular clay frame encloses a modelled scene of tangled, unfinished clay forms, with a rounded lump and a curved shape at the lower left and a separate coiled clay strip extending across the lower right. To the left edge, an orange-brown clay pot or vessel is partly visible. The sculpture is unpainted beige clay, and the blue painted background is mottled with lighter streaks. No people are visible.2007-05-01Overhead photo of children's hands shaping clay figures on a brown board laid over a blue plastic sheet. Several small clay forms with rounded heads and limbs sit on the board, some still being pressed and modelled. A child in a blue and yellow plaid shirt reaches in from the right, and bare feet are visible at the bottom edge, with hands working the clay at the lower right. The scene shows a clay modelling activity.2007-05-01Overhead photo of children's clay modelling on a blue plastic sheet over a light cloth. Several clay pieces lie on a pale board: a small figure at left, a rectangular base with a raised mound and small pillars at centre, a seated figure and kalasha-like shapes at right, and small rounded lumps at top. Hands in grey and khaki clothing reach in at the edges, and an orange cup of liquid sits at lower left.2007-05-01Overhead photo of unfired clay models spread across a pale sheet on a blue table. Several small sculpted pieces are visible: a seated figure with a clay bench, a tall rectangular base with a reclining shape, figures standing behind a low railing, a rounded pot-like object, and loose clay scraps. No people are visible in the frame, only hands at the top edge partly cut off. The clay appears to be in an early handmade stage.2007-05-01A photograph of handmade clay sculptures on a table covered with brown paint splatters. Several small seated figures modelled in terracotta-coloured clay line a raised clay ridge at the top, while a tall stacked clay figure and a rounded clay mound stand in the centre. A sculpted clay flower or lotus shape with a wooden stick sits at left, and a clay animal-like form appears at right. No physical people are visible; the figures are art objects made by hand.2006-05-05Hands shaping clay figures on a tan cardboard sheet laid over a blue plastic tarp on a concrete floor. Two unfinished clay sculptures sit on the sheet: a rounded seated figure with a bulbous head on the left, and a more detailed figure with a stacked, ridged body and projecting limbs on a square base on the right. A thin clay coil lies nearby. Only partial fingers and a sleeve are visible at the top edge. The scene shows clay modelling work, with no ritual or event setting visible.2007-05-01Overhead photo of clay modelling on a sheet of cardboard over a blue plastic mat. 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