Palm trunk dugout at Kakdwip. West Bengal.
Most hulls of boats are made by creating a dugout from large tree trunks. In Kakdwip of West Bengal, palm root dugout were photographed.
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ARCHIVES OF INDIAN MARITIME COMMUNITY TRADITIONS
Archive created by the Centre for Community Knowledge, Ambedkar University Delhi
with the support of
Vasant J Sheth Memorial Foundation, and
Project Mausam, Indira Gandhi Centre for the Arts
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