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The Kami

Australia, 1979
film

About the vanishing art of making a water powered lathe. Its use is demonstrated by the manufacture of traditional wooden water jugs by a villager in Nepal.

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Wheel is turning in Nepal

Australia, 1979
Similarity: 72%

Japan's living craft

Japan, 1969
Similarity: 69%

Artisans of Australia (Captioned)

Australia, 1984
Similarity: 69%

The Artisan

United States, 1978
Similarity: 68%

Water power

United Kingdom, 1978
Similarity: 68%

Screwcutting

United Kingdom, 1953
Similarity: 67%

Australia's lathes

Australia, 1955
Similarity: 67%

Earthware

Canada, 1975
Similarity: 67%

Tahere Tikitiki: the making of a Maori canoe

New Zealand, 1974
Similarity: 67%

The Wheelwright

United Kingdom, 1971
Similarity: 67%

Australian achievement

Australia, 1967
Similarity: 66%

Tuktu and the big kayak

Canada, 1968
Similarity: 66%

Casting iron plow-shares

United States, 1972
Similarity: 66%

The Art of the potter

United Kingdom, 1972
Similarity: 66%

Making a wira

Australia, 1969
Similarity: 66%

The Craftman and His Environment

Unknown
Similarity: 66%

The Kayapo: out of the forest

United Kingdom, 1988
Similarity: 65%

The Craftsman

Unknown
Similarity: 65%
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