Caulking the head of a framing nail

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

Boat builder Dipak wraps oiled caulking cotton around the head of a nail that will fix the hull to a framing timber before it is driven home.

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

2022-10-31

Unique ID

2022SG04-B11-0890

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Keywords

chhot hull half frame nail caulking cotton

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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