Caulking the garboard seam

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posted on 2025-02-07, 13:49 authored by Swarup BhattacharyyaSwarup Bhattacharyya

Using a hammer and caulking iron, caulker Ranjan Nayek drives oiled caulking cotton into a garboard scarf joint on the starboard bow.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Rights owner

Swarup Bhattacharyya

Cultural group

Namasudra

Country

India

Place

Dihimandalghat, West Bengal

Cultural context/event

Building

Date of creation

2022-11-05

Unique ID

2022SG04-B13-1017

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Keywords

chhot hull caulking garboard cotton

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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