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A photograph of workmen in a workshop with a red-washed wall at left. Four men sit among piles of carved wooden panels and mouldings. A man at left wears an orange-and-white striped head wrap and a white long-sleeved top. A man in a blue striped shirt works behind him. A man in a red-and-black striped polo with a white towel over his shoulder carves a moulding in his hands. A man in a white checked shirt sits at the upper right. Behind them a yellow table holds gilded deity-like ornaments, including a golden elephant-headed figure and a gold lion-like ornament, and a camera operator in white stands at the back.

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November 24 20162016-11-24December 16 20092009-12-16June 08 20132013-06-08Four men sit cross-legged on a bare concrete floor in a plain whitewashed room, carving white stone or plaster figures with chisels and hammers. The man at far left wears a light blue short-sleeved shirt and a checked lungi; the second man, barefoot and bare-chested, works on a small figure; the third wears a white shirt and dark lungi; the man at far right wears a checked shirt and shorts and holds a carved piece. Scattered tools, wood blocks, chips of white powder and a pink cloth lie on the floor, and clothes hang on the wall behind them. The image shows craftsmen making sculptures, with no ritual or a person visible.2013-06-26December 06 20092009-12-06July 01 20132013-07-01Photograph of artisans carving a pale wooden bull. Two men in white dhotis and shirts sit on the floor working on the carving: the man on the left uses a chisel or carving tool, and the man on the right strikes with a wooden mallet. A third man in the background wears a grey shirt with an orange shawl and has a tilak on his forehead, seated near stacked timber planks. Wood shavings litter the floor.2009-12-16Three men sit on a floor in a workshop carving white stone or plaster sculpture parts, with golden deity statues on shelves behind them. On the left, an older man with grey hair and glasses, wearing a white shirt and white dhoti with an orange border, holds a chisel and mallet over a wooden block. In the centre, a man in a red-and-white checked shirt and white dhoti works beside a red bucket. On the right, a man in a cream shirt and white dhoti holds a pale carved foot. Tools and wooden sticks lie on the ground in front, and the golden figures on the wall are unfinished-looking sculpture work.2013-06-30Two men work on a large carved wooden structure on a concrete floor in an open workshop. The man on the left wears a white sleeveless vest and checked lungi and bends over the wooden piece; the man on the right wears a grey sleeveless vest and checked shorts and kneels, holding a small tool. The wooden piece is a rounded, arched panel with raised carved moulding and a finial-like ornament. Scattered wood shavings, hand tools, a green plastic bottle and carved wooden fragments surround them, and a third worker in a white vest is partly visible in the background near a stacked pile of carved panels.2006-12-10 +1 copiesPhoto of two young men working outdoors under a shaded roof beside a road, carving a large wooden lion-like vahana with a curled tail. The man on the right, in a white sleeveless vest and grey trousers with a wristwatch, rests his arm on the carving and holds a tool. The man on the left, in a white vest and green checked lungi, stands beside the carving. A wooden workbench in front holds chisels and tools, and wood shavings lie on the ground. A green-painted section of the carved figure is visible, with a stone wall and gate behind.Two men work on wooden pieces in an outdoor workshop strewn with planks, offcuts and wood shavings. The older man on the left, in a white shirt and white dhoti, holds a chisel against a wooden block. The younger man on the right, in a white striped shirt and grey trousers, sits on a wooden block and steadies the wood with both hands. A white plastic chair, stacked lumber and a corded electric tool sit nearby, and stone pieces lie at the left edge.2009-12-17A photo of three men carving a large pale wooden figure of a seated bull. The man on the left in a white dhoti with yellow borders and a white shirt uses a chisel on the sculpture. The central figure in a grey-striped shirt with an orange cloth over his shoulder sits in the background with a tool. The man on the right in a white shirt and white shorts hammers a wooden mallet against the carving. Green and blue pencil guidelines mark the wood, and wooden beams frame the scene.2009-12-16