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A photograph of about a dozen men crouched and leaning over a large, rough, unfired clay mass resting on sandy ground outdoors. The clay form has cracks and the word "J SAMY" is written in blue marker across its surface. Several men wear white shirts, one wears a checked shirt with a maroon head cloth, another wears a yellow shirt and a red-and-white head wrap, and some wear pale lungis. Behind them stand shipping containers, a brick building, and palm trees beside a white wall. No one is identified as a person in this scene.

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June 19 20142014-06-19A photograph of a group of men gathered around a large, unfinished clay sculpture on a dusty ground outside. Several men crouch and lean over the reddish-brown clay form, one older man in a checked lungi and orange-and-white headcloth presses his hand against it, and others in white shirts and checked lungis watch and work beside him. Behind them stand shipping containers, a parked silver SUV, a small brick structure and palm trees against a pale sky. Nothing in the frame shows a person, so no candidate is present.2014-06-19September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16July 14 20132013-07-14September 16 20132013-09-16A photograph taken at night in a dirt-floored workspace where men are excavating a large pale white stone or plaster sculpture partly buried in sand. Two men in white shirts and lungi-style cloths kneel and dig, one using a shovel and the other a trowel, beside a large whitish head or torso-like form lying in the pit. Behind them a brick-lined pit or kiln structure stands, with other men in white dhotis and checked lungis standing in the background amid scattered bricks, rubble and sacks. No readable deity identity is clear from the visible sculpture, which is partly unfinished or buried. No a person candidate is visibly present in the scene.2013-09-16February 03 20172017-02-03Outdoor scene at an ashram campus beside a red-brick building with air conditioners. A shirtless man in orange-red dhoti and sacred ash markings on his arms bends over a large grey stone block resting on a yellow wooden cart frame. Beside him a young man in orange robe and a bead necklace watches closely. Two other young men, one in a white shirt and dark trousers, one in a turquoise t-shirt and black track pants, lean in to help move the stone. Green foliage and palm fronds frame the right side, and a few robed people stand in the background.2016-08-18A photograph of workers at an outdoor dirt site moving a large, roughly oval pale stone slab. Several workers are visible: a shirtless man in a checked lungi, a man crouched at left in a blue checked lungi, and a person in a teal shirt and green-checked lungi at right, with others partly visible in the background. The ground is reddish-brown earth with scattered pebbles and bricks, and a clay-coloured pot or cup sits at the lower edge. No a person candidate is visible in this scene.Outdoor photo of workers at a dirt excavation site unearthing a large pale plaster-covered stone or clay form with three round holes on its face. Two men in the foreground crouch and dig with tools, one wearing a checked shirt and plaid lungi, the other a yellow plaid shirt. Two more men stand behind a horizontal metal pipe, one in a green sleeveless vest and lungi, the other in a blue checked cloth. Brown earth surrounds the scene, and the form appears to be a statue being exhumed or prepared for shipment in a workshop setting.