Making the steering-oar blade

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posted on 2025-02-07, 13:49 authored by Zeeshan A ShaikhZeeshan A Shaikh

Boat builder Manimohan Mondal uses a plane to shape the steering-oar blade from a roughly shaped timber. Brother Amol (behind) helps hold it steady.

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Rights owner

Zeeshan Alli Shaikh

Cultural group

Namasudra

Country

India

Place

Dihimandalghat, West Bengal

Cultural context/event

Building

Date of creation

2022-11-05

Unique ID

2022SG04-B14-1059

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Keywords

chhot steering oar shaping plane

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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