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A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and white dhoti sits cross-legged on the ground, working on a rust-coloured metal object with a small tool in his right hand. He has white horizontal sacred ash lines and a red dot on his forehead, and a red-and-white cord is visible at his waist. Behind him are large stone blocks and a wooden post, and the setting appears to be an open workshop with earthen ground.

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A photograph taken at night on bare reddish earth showing one man seated cross-legged, working on a wooden log with a wooden-handled mallet and a chisel. He wears a white shirt and white trousers over a yellow undershirt, with a white cloth at his waist. Around him lie scattered metal tools, a flat bronze-coloured sheet, a stone mortar and a plastic water bottle. A watermarked corner has been ignored. No person in the frame is identified as a person.2006-12-10A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and white dhoti with orange-striped border sits on a wooden platform in a thatched workshop, bent over a curved copper sheet resting on a stone block. Beside him stands a metal rod or stand. Behind him lie a large gilded metal piece with red cloth, cardboard boxes, a plastic bottle, steel containers and a blue gas cylinder. The workman is shaping the metal by hand.2009-07-19A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and light brown dhoti sits on a black chair beside a corrugated wall, hammering a shallow metal dish held in his left hand against a short metal stand. He holds a wooden-handled hammer raised in his right hand and looks down at his work. A tilak mark is visible on his forehead. Pairs of dark footwear lie on the reddish ground to the right.2013-06-06A craftsman sits barefoot on a floor in a workshop, working on a curved copper or bronze arc held over a wooden block. He wears a white short-sleeved shirt, white dhoti with a reddish-orange border, and a white sacred ash line with a red dot on his forehead. Tools, rods, scraps of paper and a blue drum lie around him, and a large carved relief panel rests on the floor at right.2009-07-19A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and white dhoti sits cross-legged on a concrete floor in an open workshop, working on a metal casting. He holds a dark grey wax or clay mould shaped like a seated animal figure on a wooden board, with flat dark metal or wax pieces laid on a blue-grey slab in front of him. A small charcoal or metal pot, a metal tool, a blue bucket and a shallow metal bowl sit nearby, and a burlap sack lies on the floor. Behind a green-framed wire mesh, several onlookers watch the work.2006-12-10 +1 copiesClose photo of a seated man's hands working on a reddish clay pot or vessel resting on a flat stone surface, with a wooden tool or hammer above and a stone block beside him. He wears white cloth with gold trim and a rudraksha mala, and a small round pendant with a portrait hangs on his chest. Only his hands, legs and upper body are visible, and his face is not shown.2009-12-19A photograph of a stone carver at an outdoor work area with sandy ground and an orange-painted building behind. A man in a white sleeveless undershirt and white cloth kneels and strikes a chisel with a hammer against a large grey stone block. Two standing men beside him wear an orange cloth with yellow borders on the left and white dhotis with red borders on the right. A metal sink and a hammer head in the foreground frame the scene. Small yellow flowers lie on the ground.2013-07-14September 22 20092009-09-22July 20 20092009-07-20September 05 20062006-09-05A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and white dhoti sits on the floor sketching with a pencil on a sheet of paper resting on a clipboard. The drawing shows blue-ink scrollwork and curling motifs. Behind him is a bronze deity murti on a shelf and a white wall with a metal fixture at right. A man is the only physical person; no candidate for a person is visible.2013-06-17A man in a white shirt and white dhoti sits on a mat in an open workshop shaping a dark cast figure of a seated bull with a wooden tool. The bull rests on a small wooden plinth on a blue tarp, with wax or clay pieces and leather-like sheets nearby. Metal rods and tongs hang on a cinder-block wall behind him, and a blue bucket and sacks sit in the background. The scene shows sculpture casting work in progress, consistent with metal casting at a sacred arts workshop.2006-12-10 +1 copies