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Close photograph of construction tools lying on a wooden board or frame with drilled holes, set on sandy ground with wood shavings nearby. Visible tools include a wooden-handled claw hammer, a wooden mallet, a steel chisel or punch, pliers or snips, and a long yellow-handled screwdriver. No people are visible in the frame.

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Making Of Sacred Arts UniversitySeptember 05 20062006-09-05 +1 copiesAugust 24 20142014-08-24Close-up photograph of two workers' hands at an outdoor forge. One hand, wearing a braided black cord bracelet, grips a pair of long iron tongs holding a glowing metal rod over a bed of dark charcoal and scattered gravel. The other hand holds a round-headed iron tool and a wooden-handled hammer rests among metal bars and tools on the ground. No faces are visible and no a person appearance is shown.2006-12-19A photograph of a worn concrete tray divided into two compartments, holding many small rusty metal tools and pieces. The left compartment is filled with numerous short cylindrical iron pegs or chisel-like pieces heaped together. The right compartment contains bent rods, pliers, a hammer-like tool with a wooden handle, and other metal implements scattered among dust and residue. No people are visible.Workshop photo of temple chariot (ratham) wheel construction on a bare concrete floor. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts work around the parts; the man at right, in a white shirt and white dhoti, rests his hand on a large carved reddish-brown wooden wheel hub or cap. Nearby, wooden wheels with carved rims are set upright in wooden bases, with charred wooden logs, chisels, hammers and planks scattered across the floor. No a person candidate is visibly present.2006-09-19A man with grey hair and glasses sits cross-legged on a wooden workbench, wearing a white shirt and a yellow dhoti, working on a flat piece of wood with his bare foot pressed to the surface while his hands hold a tool. Behind him stands a large metal plate with an embossed floral design and a paper pattern taped to it. A sheet of yellow cloth lies on the bench beside a metal straight edge. Other people and wooden panels and carved pieces are visible in the sandy background, along with a blue water drum. The figure is an ordinary craftsman and the appearance does not support identifying him as a person.2009-12-19December 12 20092009-12-12December 20 20092009-12-20A man in a plain white sleeveless undershirt and white dhoti kneels on sandy ground, chiselling a large rough grey stone block with a small hand hammer. A large sledgehammer head enters from the upper right, held by another person's hand. Other people in white dhotis and an orange-bordered cloth stand around, with a red brick wall behind. Bare feet and tools lie in the dirt.2013-07-14A photograph of metalworking tools on a stone surface in a workshop. Two worn hammers with wooden handles rest on a pale stone block, alongside a pair of rusted iron tongs and a row of six rusty iron chisels or punches arranged along a concrete ledge. A curved, perforated tin or leather vessel sits at the left edge. No people are visible, and no deity, a person or ritual activity appears in the frame.A photograph of a concrete floor workspace scattered with thin, irregular pieces of hammered copper sheet, some with raised ridged moulding. A length of pale wooden plank runs diagonally across the left side, with wood shavings nearby. Two hammers with rusted heads lie on the floor at the lower right, and a dark wooden object is partly visible at the right edge. No people are visible. The copper pieces appear to be cut or beaten metal work in progress.2006-12-10