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October 25 20212021-10-25October 25 20212021-10-25October 25 20212021-10-25A photograph of a small wooden hand-press apparatus standing on a concrete step. It has an upright wooden frame, a turned wooden screw column with a horizontal wooden handle at the top, and a plain wooden platform beneath it, with a rope wound around the column and tied to the frame. A wooden drawer with a round knob sits at the base. Green light glows in the background, and the setting appears to be an indoor ritual or workshop area.2017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a handmade wooden apparatus set on a stone step at night, with a green-lit background. A wooden frame holds a vertical fluted wooden shaft wrapped with rope, pressed against a wooden base block with a central circular knob. Small glowing embers and ash lie on the ground beneath the device. No people are visible.2017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10Close-up photograph of an old brass oil lamp with a tall flared cup on a dark handle, set against a crumpled white cloth backdrop. A second brass dish with a hinged lid hangs from the side, with small rivets and a loop ring visible. Tarnished, soot-darkened metal shows the lamp's age. No people are present.Close photograph of a small lit fire in a dark metal fire bowl set on a white stone ledge at a homa or yagna area. Beside it stand an ornate silver square censer or fire-vessel with a spouted handle and a small silver bowl containing reddish-yellow powder, possibly kumkum or offerings. Smoke rises from the flames. No people are visible in the frame.2011-12-16A photograph of a single man in a white short-sleeved shirt and checked shorts bending over on a muddy, waterlogged dirt track beside green bushes and trees. He appears to be working the wet soil with a tool at ground level. Shallow standing water and mud fill the track, and a wooden fence post stands at the right edge. No ritual setting, deity or a person depiction is visible in this scene.2021-09-20A photograph of a traditional metal casting furnace on a dirt and concrete floor. A brick-built hearth holds a glowing orange crucible of molten metal, with a long iron tongs or rod resting along the left side and a clay vessel beside the furnace. Scattered ash and sparks cover the ground, with a smaller glowing ember patch at upper left. No people are visible in the frame, only the furnace, tools and the lower part of a white-clad leg at the bottom left edge.2007-08-27July 13 20132013-07-13 +1 copies