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A photograph of a large wooden crate frame under a covered outdoor area, with rough-cut timber slats on all sides and a flat top. Inside the open slats, pale grey wrapped packing bundles and sacking are visible, possibly protecting items for shipment. Stacks of other wooden crates and loose planks lie on the ground nearby, with white pillars, green foliage and palm trees behind.

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Making Of Sacred Arts UniversityA large gilded deity or ceremonial sculpture with an ornate halo-like backdrop is being crated inside a wooden frame of pale timber battens in an outdoor garden. Palm fronds and green shrubs surround the crate, and stacked wooden packing crates and planks lie nearby on a paved path. A motorbike is parked behind the frame. No people are visible. +1 copiesMaking Of Sacred Arts UniversityMaking Of Sacred Arts UniversityMaking Of Sacred Arts University +1 copiesA photograph of a wooden crate stacked with grey stone deity sculptures wrapped in bright yellow-green lifting straps, inside a warehouse or loading area beside an orange forklift mast and a closed roll-up shutter door. The carved stone figures show ornate decorative detailing, and a hand-painted number 5 marks the crate. No people are visible, and no ritual or event is shown in the scene.2009-05-22Night-time photo of a wooden crate, slatted and tall, being moved on a yellow pallet jack outside a row of low buildings with numbered doors. Wrapped in plastic and packing material inside the crate is a large pale sculpture. Four men handle the crate: a red-haired man in a grey t-shirt on the left, a man in a light blue shirt and white dhoti beside him, and a man in glasses and a light grey t-shirt with jeans on the right, both using long steel bars to steady it. Behind them stands a man in a saffron-orange robe with a bare-chested torso, watching the move.A photograph of a white statue seated in a half-open wooden crate on top of stacked wooden crates in a bright, white-walled storage room. The seated figure wears white robes and has a pale head covering, with a small white flower or garland in its hands. Beside the crates on the floor are a gold-coloured deity figure, other wrapped objects and packing material. In the right foreground, a person in a flowing orange robe is partly visible, cropped at the edge of the frame.2011-08-10A photograph of an open wooden shipping crate packed with several items individually wrapped in clear bubble wrap and tan packing tape. The wrapped objects are stacked in rows separated by horizontal wooden slats. The crate is made of rough pine boards with stencilled markings on the lid and side panel. No people are visible.2007-11-15A photograph of a large wooden crate with open slatted sides, packed with white plastic-wrapped and taped sculptural figures, one with a gold-coloured head visible inside. Stencilled labels read SEATTLE, LIF-BLI-FOU and U.S.A on the crate. In the foreground four people stand on a dusty open lot under a pale sky: a figure in white tracksuit at left, a woman in a light green top behind, a woman in a white salwar kameez with a rudraksha mala and white scarf at centre, and a person in white with a dhoti-style lower garment at right. Black pipes lie across the bottom of the frame beside the crate.A night-time photo at an outdoor site in front of a low building. In the centre, a wooden crate frame of stacked planks encloses a statue wrapped in clear plastic and padding, possibly a figure being moved or installed. On the left a man with reddish hair and beard, wearing a grey t-shirt, a black bead necklace and red and beaded wristbands, holds a yellow measuring tape up to his mouth. Behind the crate a person in a light blue shirt and gold bangle works on the frame, and a person in orange-red robes stands at the right, one arm reaching over the top of the crate. Three people are visible.A photograph of a large wooden crate framework enclosing a wrapped, white plastic-covered sculptural structure, apparently a deity murti or statue being shipped, set on a paved outdoor yard with black steel pipes stacked in the foreground. Three women stand facing the crate from the left: the first in white trousers and a white top with curly dark hair, the second in a white outfit, and the third in a tan kurta with an orange and pink patterned shawl over her shoulder. A fourth person with dark hair in a bun appears at the right edge, partly visible. Wooden crates are stacked around the site, and a white label on the frame reads SEATTLE. A pale sky and a light-coloured industrial building with a fence form the background.