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A photograph of a wooden mould or frame filled with wet grey clay or mud, lying on reddish-brown earth. A bare arm and hand, with dried pale clay on the forearm, press into the surface to shape it. The frame has pale paper or cardboard lining and blue marks on its wooden edge.

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Close-up photo of a wooden trough or tray filled with smooth grey-green wet clay or paste. A person's forearm and hand, reddish-brown skin with some white powder, are plunged into the mixture, stirring or kneading it. Brownish flecks and wood-grained edges frame the container. No faces or ritual setting are visible.2011-09-20September 20 20112011-09-20September 20 20112011-09-20September 20 20112011-09-20Close-up photograph of a wooden trough or vessel filled with a thick, pale grey-green paste, possibly a clay, mud or ritual mixture, with glistening droplets and flecks of reddish-brown material along its edges. No people are visible; the frame shows only the container and its contents against a pale, textured surface.2011-09-20Overhead view of a mould being prepared on reddish-brown soil. A hand with a red thread bracelet rests on a pale grey-beige slab at the top left, while a dark brown, moulded or cast material lies over the centre. A torn tan cardboard or paper sheet, marked with faint blue and red lines, curls at right. Another person's hand and a patterned cloth edge appear at the bottom. No people are visible in full, and no a person candidate is present.2011-09-20A close photo of a shallow, mould-like clay form half-buried in reddish-brown soil, its inner surface smooth and sculpted, its outer rim coated in white plaster or lime. A bare forearm in a white sleeve reaches in from the right, fingers resting near the edge, with a ring on one finger. A cardboard edge is visible at the upper left. No people in ritual activity or identifiable figures are shown.2011-09-20A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and grey trousers crouches at a wall, smoothing wet plaster or mortar with a wooden trowel from a shallow metal basin. The wall surface is brown and grey, with a damp, glossy sheen. This is a construction work scene with no visible a person candidate.2010-01-27Close-up photograph of a person's hands shaping a lump of wet grey clay on a pale floor. The hands hold and mould a mound of mud into a rounded form with a smaller raised knob, glistening with water. The person wears a teal blue silky garment with a gold-thread border. Only the hands and lap are visible, so no face or full body appears.2010-10-01A photograph of a craftsman's hands working on a rough grey stone block wrapped in white cloth. Dark reddish-brown liquid. The worker wears a blue-and-white striped garment and a dark bangle on the wrist. The ground is dusty concrete with scattered debris and a terracotta-coloured brick edge. A purple bird logo sits in the upper left corner. No deity, a person or ritual figure is visible.2013-06-17June 17 20132013-06-17Close view of a rough, unfinished grey plaster or cement form resting on a brick-paved ground, with sharp reddish-brown speckles and a wooden board edge at its base. Scattered debris, small rust-coloured flecks and a dark block lie on the paving nearby. No people or deity figure is visible; the object appears to be a sculpting or construction piece in progress.2011-10-22