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Lighting the fire pit and laying planks on it to heat them for bending.

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posted on 2025-02-07, 13:48 authored by Zeeshan A ShaikhZeeshan A Shaikh
Boat builder Panchanan Mondal prepares and lights the (east-west oriented) fire pit before laying planks on it in order to heat them for bending.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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Rights owner

Zeeshan Alli Shaikh

Cultural group

Namasudra

Country

India

Place

Dihimandalghat, West Bengal

Date of creation

2022-10-18

Unique ID

2022SG04-B07-1361

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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    chhotplankingfire bendingboatbuildinghull

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    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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