Digital pictures of: INDIA: Crafts: carpentry (wood sculpture) and papier-mache doll (bommai) making, sculpture from concrete.



Chariot of a Siva (Nandi) just made, Jalagandishvara temple, Vellore. LX18



Woman painting a papier-mache doll (bommai). Kanchipuram. LW09


Woman painting a papier-mache doll (bommai). Kanchipuram. LW06


Carpenter and son at work: Jalagandishvara temple, Vellore. LX19



Carpenters with the chariot of a Bhuta they just made, Jalagandishvara temple, Vellore. LJ36


Woman and daughter painting bommais. Kanchipuram. LW07


Girl preparing a bommai for painting. Kanchipuram. LW04


Woman painting a papier-mache doll (bommai). Kanchipuram. LW08


Carpenter and son with their work: a chariot (Garuda), Jalagandishvara temple, Vellore. LX20



The father supervises the bommais ready for painting. Kanchipuram. LW05


Temple sculptures being made with concrete, TN. 6AA88



Temple sculptures being made with concrete, TN. 6AA87



Temple sculptures being made with concrete, TN. 6AA89


Man painting papier-mache boxes, Srinagar, Kashmir. LQ30.

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