A Newar father and son manufacture bricks from wet clay during the winter season at brickyards near Bhaktapur.

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Object Number 2015.2.26.24

Display Title A Newar father and son manufacture bricks from wet clay during the winter season at brickyards near Bhaktapur.

Descriptions

Object Description A Newar father and son manufacture bricks from wet clay during the winter season at brickyards near Bhaktapur. The bricks are set out to dry in the cold air before being baked in the kilns. Kathmandu Valley, 1987, p. 116

Department Photographic

Date 1987

Artist Kevin Bubriski (1978)

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Asia / Nepal

Materials Digital

Quantity 1

Credit Line Robert Gardner Visiting Artist Fellow

Provenance

Seller Kevin Bubriski (1/7/2015)

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	2015.2.26.3	Newar farmers carry their daily supplies on carpans across the winter footbridge over the Vishnumati River as they head to agricultural fields on the edge of the city		Nepal
	2015.2.26.16	The Garuda statue in front of Kastamandap early on a winter morning at the time of Newar New Year. Durbar Square, Kathmandu		Nepal
	2015.2.26.51	A deep and ancient well, its bricks beautifully worn by centuries of buckets and ropes rubbing its sides, has less than four inches of water		Nepal
	2015.2.26.23	A fruit seller displays fresh produce at her shop between Durbar Square and Dattatreya Square, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley, 1985		Nepal
	2015.2.26.41	Young Newar men bathing on the last day of the month-long Swasthani Brata ritual		Nepal
Image Not Available for Pieces of bricks and whole bricks	976-64-10/58549.1	Pieces of bricks and whole bricks		Kibbe
Image Not Available for Pieces of bricks and whole bricks	976-64-10/58549.2	Pieces of bricks and whole bricks		Kibbe
	2011.17.2.1.14.9	Probable tomb of adobe bricks at Site 116		La Libertad Region
Image Not Available for Pieces of bricks and whole bricks	976-64-10/58549	Pieces of bricks and whole bricks		Kibbe
	2004.24.6923	Man standing by wet season and dry season bridges		Cameroon
Image Not Available for 10 bricks - average dimension: 10" x 5 3/8" x 2"	55-26-60/12486.1	10 bricks - average dimension: 10" x 5 3/8" x 2"	Brick	Mohenjo-Daro
	55-26-60/12486	10 bricks - average dimension: 10" x 5 3/8" x 2"	Brick	Mohenjo-Daro

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