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A wooden plank-clamp

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posted on 2025-02-07, 13:51 authored by John P CooperJohn P Cooper
A wooden plank-clamp made by the Mondal family boat builders to hold hull planking in shape while fitting it. A wooden wedge is driven into the space between the two parts of the clamp to lock it. An additional wedge can be seen resting on top.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Rights owner

John P Cooper

Cultural group

Namasudra

Country

India

Place

Dihimandalghat, West Bengal

Cultural context/event

Building

Date of creation

2022-10-14

Unique ID

2022SG04-B02-0141

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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    Keywords

    boatbuildingclamphull plankingchhot

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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