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A photograph of an unfinished sculpture workshop. Six plain grey plaster or concrete column forms of varying heights stand in a row against a grey breezeblock wall, with a long grey tube-like mould section laid across the dusty floor in front. A bamboo pole leans against the wall on the left, and a few small carved grey figure fragments lie at the far left. Torn orange and white paper sacks and a small blue-and-white carton rest on the floor. No people are visible.

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A photograph of an outdoor stone yard with several long, cylindrical pale grey stone pillar shafts lying on the ground across wooden planks. Square stone pillar bases with circular carved tops sit at the left and right edges. A blue plastic barrel stands at the upper left, and more carved stone architectural pieces are stacked in the background among dirt and scattered rubble. No people are visible.Three pale granite shrine-like structures stand side by side on a dusty unpaved ground. Each has a domed or stepped top with carved finials, slender pillars and a flat ledge, and their base blocks are stacked on the ground. Behind them are a low tiled building, leafy trees, a pile of rubble and a bare path. No people are visible.Outdoors on bare ground and patchy grass, a row of long, plain grey stone pillars lies horizontally, each with a squared base block and ringed moulding near the top end. Behind them, a heap of weathered reddish-brown wooden pillars and carved wooden pieces is stacked, and stacks of terracotta roof tiles sit to the right beside a tree trunk and a whitewashed wall. No people, deities or ritual activity are visible.A photograph of stacked carved stone pillar pieces and architectural stone elements, pale grey and sandstone-coloured, with fluted shafts and capitals lying in rows on a workshop floor. Behind them are stacks of terracotta roof tiles and pale green painted wooden planks leaning against a wall, with a window frame at the top. No people are visible.A photograph of large cylindrical grey stone pillars lying on bare reddish-brown soil at an outdoor storage yard. Two long columns in the foreground have square stone bases with rounded collars at each end, and sparse weeds grow between them. Behind them are more stone blocks, a weathered wooden beam and a pale, peeling painted log. No people are visible.December 05 20112011-12-05A photograph of a stack of long, rectangular grey granite or stone beams lying on green grass and dirt ground. The beams have chiselled, roughly carved notches and joints at their ends. At the upper left, the lower edge of a person's white garment is visible, with no face shown. The photograph is taken outdoors in daylight.A photograph of a row of weathered granite pillars standing against a low stone wall outdoors. Four or five square-sectioned posts with cylindrical cup-shaped tops stand upright in grass, some with faint carved figures or motifs in relief on their faces, and one has turquoise paint streaks. A blue-painted stone slab lies in the foreground beside overgrown green shrubs and foliage. No people are visible.Photograph of granite temple pillars lying in rows on grass outdoors. Several long cylindrical grey-pink stone shafts rest parallel to each other, with carved square-based capital and base blocks at their ends, some partly shaped with fluted profiles. Dark stone boundary wall and green shrubs behind, with dried stalks in the foreground. No people are visible; the scene shows stone pillars being worked on for temple construction.2011-12-05An outdoor yard with several long, pale stone pillars lying side by side on the ground, their ends resting on rectangular stone blocks. Some pillars have circular collar mouldings near one end. Behind them is a heap of weathered wooden planks, timber logs and broken wooden boards, with dry earth and small weeds in the foreground. A yellow cloth lies at the left edge. No people or ritual activity are visible.A carved grey granite stone block sits on a bed of broken dark stone chunks and rubble at a quarry or stone-cutting yard. The piece is a flat, lobed slab with a rounded base tier beneath it, its polished top surface unmarked except for a small rough stone resting on it. Scattered stone fragments, a pale cloth and dry straw lie around it. No people are visible in the scene.A photograph of several long cylindrical granite pillars lying side by side on the ground in an outdoor stone-yard. Each pillar has a moulded base band and carved collar detail at one end, and some bear faint hand-painted marks. Green weeds grow between them on reddish soil. Partially visible at the top left is a person's legs in grey trousers, and a stone piece with a round top sits at the lower right. No people are seated or performing ritual activity.