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India - Swamimalai - craftsmen mould local clay around the wax image of a diety to be cast in bronze
Craftsmen at the workshop of S. Devasenapathy Stapathy and Sons, mould local clay around the wax image of a diety to be cast in bronze. The clay is from fine silt traditionally collected locally at the bend of the Kaveri River.
Author: Stuart Freedman
©Stuart Freedman
Photo size: 17.5 Mpixels (50 MB uncompressed) - 3413x5120 pixels (11.4x17.1 in / 28.9x43.3 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: clay, craftsmen, fingers, India, Indian, lunghi, men, mould, Nadu, smear, Swamimalai, Tamil, tradition, wax
Published in: India - The Idol Makers