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Two men work on a large copper-coloured relief panel laid flat on the floor in a workshop. The man in front wears a pink shirt, maroon cloth around his waist, and a bracelet, and strikes a chisel with a wooden-handled hammer. Behind him, a man in a light blue t-shirt sits and looks toward the camera. Many metal chisels, pliers and scissors lie across the carved panel, which shows ornate floral and scroll patterns. Plywood boards and a plastic container sit behind them.

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December 29 20092009-12-29Photograph of two men in white dhotis and white shirts seated on the floor of a plain concrete-block workshop, carving decorative metalwork. The man in the foreground works with a chisel on a reddish-brown carved disc resting on a wooden block, while the man behind him works on a flat carved panel. Around them lie a large curved gold-coloured arch-shaped frame with relief decoration, wooden boards, paper patterns and scraps of metal. Behind them a framed picture shows a woman in an orange garment with a red garland draped over the frame, and a small gilded shrine-like structure sits on a shelf. Floor cloths and a green-patterned mat are visible.2006-11-20December 10 20062006-12-10 +1 copiesTwo men sit on the ground at an outdoor work site, working on a sculpture. Both wear white shirts and white dhotis, with the man on the right in a white shirt and blue-striped dhoti. The man on the left holds a metal chisel and hammer over a pale yellow clay or plaster mould set on a dark brown cloth-covered base. Large white stone or plaster blocks and a pale curved mould edge lie in the background on red earth.2013-07-13 +1 copiesDecember 10 20062006-12-10 +1 copiesTwo men sit barefoot on bare ground working on a metal sculpture. The man on the left wears a white shirt and light blue jeans and uses a chisel-like tool on the metal. The man on the right wears a teal-grey shirt, a mustard-yellow dhoti with yellow border, and a red thread on his wrist, holding a hammer. Behind them sit sacks, copper-coloured pots and other tools on the dusty ground. No deity form is clearly identifiable from this view.2009-12-13October 22 20112011-10-22July 25 20072007-07-25December 10 20062006-12-10 +1 copiesJuly 20 20092009-07-20October 22 20112011-10-22Two men sit on a street-side step hammering and chiselling small copper-coloured temple vessels set on stone or clay supports. The man on the left wears a white sleeveless vest and a blue-and-white checked lungi and holds a chisel to a rounded vessel. The man on the right wears a grey short-sleeved shirt and a checked lungi and works on a vessel resting on a dark clay block. Scattered metal tools lie on the pavement. Behind them a green sign reads Temple Metal, and a sack and a dark doorway are visible. Hands and tools are central in this craftsmanship scene.