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Transporting logs to the sawmill at Belpukur

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posted on 2025-02-07, 13:52 authored by John P CooperJohn P Cooper
A motor-tricyle transporter waits to carry two logs for the chhot build into the Belpukur sawmill for sawing. The left-hand log is from a large babla (Vachellia nilotica/gum Arabic tree); the right is a smaller say bilati (Pithecellobium dulce/jungle jalebi) .

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Rights owner

John P Cooper

Cultural group

Namasudra

Country

India

Place

Belpukur, West Bengal

Cultural context/event

Building

Date of creation

2022-10-21

Unique ID

2022SG04-B01-0105

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