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Heat-bending the keel timbers

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posted on 2025-02-07, 13:51 authored by John P CooperJohn P Cooper
Boat builders Dipak (L) and Amol (R) Mondal, helped by an assistant, lift the second of two keel timbers onto the fire trench to heat them for bending.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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Rights owner

John P Cooper

Cultural group

Namasudra

Country

India

Place

Dihimandalghat, West Bengal

Cultural context/event

Building

Date of creation

2022-10-11

Unique ID

2022SG04-B05-0210

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    boatbuildingchhotkeelfire bending

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