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Marking up a half-frame

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posted on 2025-02-07, 13:49 authored by Swarup BhattacharyyaSwarup Bhattacharyya
Boat builder Dilip Mondal uses a chisel to cut a numeral into an acacia timber that will be made into a half-frame. The numeral will indicate the pairings of half-frames.

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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

2022-10-30

Unique ID

2022SG04-B11-0852

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