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Close-up photograph of bundled herbal stems and roots laid on a red cloth, with rows of powders and dried botanical materials in small metal dishes in the background. Bundles of reddish-brown bark-like sticks tied with twine sit in a pile, alongside bunches of pale fibrous grass or root tied with thread at the lower right and left. No people are visible; the scene looks like the preparation table for the aushadha herbal process.

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December 20 20172017-12-20December 20 20172017-12-20 +2 copiesDecember 20 20172017-12-20Close view of a woven bamboo basket filled with bundles of dried twigs and stalks tied with thread, arranged on a deep maroon cloth. Several bundles show pale, knobbed nodes and grey-brown bark. Greenish leaves sit at the left edge, and a metal plate of fine brown grain or powder is at the lower right. No people are visible.2016-12-15December 20 20172017-12-20A close photograph of ritual substances arranged on a bright red cloth. Shallow polished metal bowls hold heaped piles of powders in red-orange, grey-green, white and cream, along with a bowl of dried brown bark or root pieces, a bowl of golden-brown curled stems, a bowl of white crystalline grains and a bowl of small brown seeds. Blurred dried plant bundles sit in the foreground. No people are visible.2017-12-18December 20 20172017-12-20 +1 copiesApril 01 20162016-04-01 +1 copiesDecember 20 20172017-12-20 +1 copiesDecember 20 20172017-12-20 +1 copiesDecember 05 20162016-12-05A large display of many small leaf-bowls arranged in rows across a striped woven cloth. Each bowl holds a different dried herb, bark, root, seed, flower, or spice, including rolled bark sticks, dark berries, green leaves, reddish seeds, and powdered yellow material. The bowls cover the whole frame, showing a rich variety of plant materials, with no people visible.2016-04-03