The boat builder's cubit

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posted on 2025-02-07, 13:49 authored by John P CooperJohn P Cooper

Boat builder Amol Mondal (L)—out of curiosity—uses one of the project researchers' hand tapes to measure in inches the length of his cubit. The build would not otherwise have had a hand tape on site.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Rights owner

John P Cooper

Cultural group

Namasudra

Country

India

Place

Dihimandalghat, West Bengal

Cultural context/event

Building

Date of creation

2022-10-30

Unique ID

2022SG04-B10-0848

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Keywords

chhot cubit measure hand tape

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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