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  • Apsara dancers perform at a Siem Reap restaurant and night club. Closeup of gesturing hands, elaborate costume, bracelets, and hair ornaments.
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  • Group of standing gilded wooden Buddha figures, each wrapped in a red stole, in a storeroom on the grounds of the Wat Xieng Thong in Luang Prabang, Laos.  One Figure in the foreground holds both hands in front in the "peace" gesture.  The others have their hands hanging down at their sides.
    Bring_peace_Buddha_saying_LAO200601-...jpg
  • Stringing beads with hands and feet.
    fingers-and-toes-IND201301--0607.jpg
  • Bangladeshi woman wearing a blue sari and bracelets hunkers down, hands clasped before her face, in Old Dhaka.  She is thinking, contemplating, waiting, resting...
    Bangladeshi woman hunkered BGD198201...jpg
  • Head shot portrait of a young girl about 5 years old, very blonde, hands to her face, thinking hard.
    Young girl thinking PO201101--0022.jpg
  • Closeup of Donatello's late sculpture in wood of the penitent Magdalen.  Her mournful face, tangled hair, ragged robe, and wrinkled hands are shown.
    Donatello Magdalen ITA201012--0029.jpg
  • Closeup of Donatello's late sculpture in wood of the penitent Magdalen, about 1453-55.  Head, shoulders, and hands praying.
    Donatello-sculpture-Magdalen-ITA2010...jpg
  • Closeup of Donatello's late sculpture in wood of the penitent Magdalen.  Her head is in profile, with partial view of her upraised praying hands.
    Aged_penitent_ITA201012--0029.jpg
  • Archaeological work entails learning from scraps of remains.   Major finds are rare.  Potsherds that have sifted to the surface can offer clues to what lies beneath.  Here, an archaeologist shows a sherd from a site currently being explored.  Its thickness indicates that it is not ancient Greek but more probably late Roman.
    Archaeology_potsherd_TUR199710-15.jpg
  • Woman praying, palms together and raised before a cauldron of burning joss sticks, at the  Ngoc Son Pagoda, Hanoi, North Vietnam.  Smoke from the incense wafts toward the open door of the pagoda.
    Burning_incense_at_Ngoc _Son_VTN2006...jpg
  • Closeup of two hands, belonging to two different people, each gloved and holding a trowel, scraping away in rocky dirt in search of late Roman evidence in Yorkshire's Chapel House Wood.
    Archaeological_work_AR200607_03.jpg
  • Yee Von Ng playing for a choir rehearsal at MVUC.  Closeup of her hands.  Part of music stand and score visible top right.
    USA.VA201302--1923.jpg
  • Marble fragment from an ancient Roman sculpture: a beautifully wrought hand gently grasping a length of rope (?)
    Marble_hand_grasping_ESP201210--0356.jpg
  • Statue of Dying (or wounded) Gaul in the Capitoline Museum, detail of hand pressing on his thigh
    Statue_Dying_Gaul_Rome_ITA200901--04...jpg
  • Statue of Dying Gaul in the Capitoline Museum, detail of hand on thigh
    Marble hand ITA200901--0461.jpg
  • Close up of hand and drapery of Donatello's statue of Habbakuk ("Il Zuccone"), between 1423-35.  Made for the Campanile, now in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence.
    Donatello-statue-Habbakuk-ITA201012-...jpg
  • Bocca della verita, in the porch of Santa Maria de Cosmedin, Rome.  Young woman  smiling, her hand in the mouth of the figure.
    Bocca-verita-Rome_ITA200901--0968.jpg
  • A passerby tosses a handful of marigold petals onto a statue of winged Garuda, already splashed with vermilion and petals.  Only her arm and hand gesturing with its shadow is visible, as is the shadow of a trident nearby, balancing the composition and framing the figure of Garuda. The 10 day annual Dashain festival is enthusiastically celebrated in Kathmandu..
    Spiritual_practise_Dashain_NPL200110...jpg
  • Bronze sculpture of boy with thorn, closeup of head and hand holding his foot
    Ancient Roman boy ITA200901--0449.jpg
  • Angkor Thom : Naga balustrade on the entrance causeway over the moat.  Detail of first figure holding the naga's head.  Hand and foot discernible in foreground, in front of ferocious looking face.
    Angkor_Thom_bridge-Ferocious king po..rait
  • Angkor Thom : Naga balustrade on the entrance causeway over the moat.  Close up of deity head, hand, and foot.
    Angkor deity KHM200602-351.jpg
  • New house building in a Laotian village.  Man on a ladder, woman on the ground, boy up under the roof, all wielding stakes into place to hold up the roof.  A do-it-yourself project for the whole family.
    Home building Laos LAO200601_0086.jpg
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  • Dying Gaul statue, detail of head and face
    Head of Dying Gaul statue ITA200901-...jpg
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  • Mattrah, Muscat. Fish market with piles of fish, sellers, and buyers, in traditional Omani dress.  All are men.  One buyer hands money to a seller who in turn hands over a plastic bag of fish that he has bought.
    OMN200801--3538.jpg
  • Young white collar worker wearing sunglasses demonstrates the customary Vietnamese courtesy of handing something to an older person with both hands.
    Portrait-young-man-Vietnamese-VTN200...jpg
  • Wearing a blue shirt and a slightly arrogant half smile, three quarter length shot, hands on hips.
    Portrait teen boy-FH19770901-34.jpg
  • Attractive vegetable display on a cart in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with hands of women customers turning over the merchandise.
    Vegetables_pushcart_IND201301--2552.jpg
  • Wat Rong Khun, located between Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai.  Buddhist temple designed and built by Chalermchai Kositpipat, a devout painter of religious works who has made creating this complex, dedicated to the present King, his life's work.  Image shows the approach bridge over a plaster base from which disembodied arms and hands reach upward.  Trousered legs of a visitor are seen walking across the bridge.
    Wat Rong Khun THA200603_023.jpg
  • Three needlewomen seated at work in the Scuola dei Merletti on the island of Burano, Venice, Italy.  Three pairs of hands in different positions over the pillow forms on which they make their lace.  They are seated in a plain room by a window casting soft daylight.  Their feet rest on slanted boards.
    ITA200403-6-8.jpg
  • Three needlewomen seated at work in the Scuola dei Merletti on the island of Burano, Venice, Italy.  Three pairs of hands in different positions over the pillow forms on which they make their lace.  They are seated in a plain room by a window casting soft daylight.  Their feet rest on slanted boards.
    Burano-lacemakers-Venezia_ITA200403-...jpg
  • Shoppers, all men, in the Muscat fish market one morning.  One purchaser, wearing dishdasha, is paying for his purchase as the seated seller hands it over in a plastic bag.  Mattrah harbor beyond.
    Buying fish in Muscat
  • Museo Nazionale de Roma, Palazzo Massimo, statue of a seated boxer, bronze.  Partial view, from the hips up, the head turned toward the camera.  The hands are tightly wrapped; facial expression one of polite weariness as he turns his head to answer someone.
    Statue_bronze_wrestler_Rome_ITA20090...jpg
  • Rome, Santa Prassede, chapel of Saint Zeno, dome, pendentives, mosaics.  8th century. Detail of one pendentive with figure of an angel wearing a white robe, standing on a globe,  hands upraised as though holding up the central dome with its figure of Christ Pantocrator.
    Santa-Prassede-mosaic-Rome_ITA200901...jpg
  • Singer claps her hands singing in a nighttime performance.  Two guitarists seated behind her playing.  Blue stage lights.
    Flamenco singer performing
  • Oman, village of Samad, home of traditional pit weavers.  Weaver at work on a length of red silk, seen from above since he sits in a hole in the ground.  His hands and arms show motion blur from throwing the shuttle.
    Omani_people_OMN200801--3795.jpg
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  • Elderly woman spinning wool on a spindle hanging from her hands.  She sits on a mud brick ledge in the kasbah of Aid Benhaddou, self-consciously picturesque, in hopes of a tip.
    Old-woman-spinning-wool-Ksar_Ait_Ben...jpg
  • Rome, Fountain of the Turtles, Piazza Mattei, Rome ghetto; Fontana delle Tartarughe, the Tortoise Fountain. The fountain itself was designed by Giocomo della Porta at the end of the 16th century, but it was Bernini who added the tortoises in 1658.  Detail showing arms and hands of figures lifting turtles into the top basin of the fountain.
    Piazza-Mattei-Rome_ITA200901--0951.jpg
  • Bangladeshi woman wearing a blue cotton sari hunkered down (squatting) in bare feet in the doorway of a building in Old Dhaka.  Hands clasped underneath her chin, she seems to be thinking, considering something, or just waiting.
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  • Close up of a row of bottles containing various herbal preparations made by the Olivetan brothers at S. Miniato al Monte, Florence. Some are labelled syrup (sciroppo), some elixir (elisir).  The colorful labels seem to be printed from hand cut and hand painted originals  in greens, red, and purples.  The preparations are on display in the pharmacy shop beside the church.
    Sciroppo_elisir_ITA201012-147.jpg
  • Group of seven musicians playing traditional Southeast Asian instruments provide concert music and offer CDs of their performances for sale, outside one of the Angkor temples.  All are amputees, victims of land mine explosions, and this is how they earn a living.  One man, hand to his mouth, is actually playing the melody on a broad leaf.
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  • Half length portrait of a Gujarati Jain man in white turban and shabby suit jacket. left hand raised with upright forefinger.  He has a long white beard.
    Portrait elderly bearded Indian -IND...psd
  • Sukothai, statue of a walking Buddha outside the Wat Traphang Nguyen.  An offering of a few white blossoms hangs from his upraised left hand.  The figure appears to sway in some kind of sacred dance.
    Sukhothai_Buddha_Traphang_Nguyen_THA...jpg
  • Doorway of the Mosque of the Sultan Al Mu'ayyad, (built 1415-1422) next to the Bab Zuweyla, Cairo; doorkeeper, seated with his shoes off, hand to his face.  He may be hiding from the camera, or he may be just resting or napping.   Door is heavily ornamented with repousse Islamic patterns.  Sunlight floods into the doorway.
    Islamic door and resting doorkeeper
  • The statue is in the Theology Hall (with a curved ceiling encrusted in Baroque stucco work) dating from 1679, built by Giovanni Orsi, part of the Strahov Monastery in Hradcany, Prague.  Of richly painted wood, the figure holds one hand to his cheek as though with toothache, and a lantern (?) in the other.  His facial expression seems quite agonized.
    Strahov-Library-St.John-CZR200901--0...jpg
  • Members of the Rajasthani Kamar tribe perform the Tera Tali which is an elaborate ritual with many elements of dance. It is generally performed by two or three women who sit on the ground. Manjiras, or small metal cymbals are tied to different parts of the body, mostly the legs, and with a cymbal in either hand the dancer strikes these in rhythm. The head is covered with a veil, and at times a small sword is clenched between the teeth and an ornamental pot balanced on the head.  This was a special performance for an Elderhostel tour group in a shady grove of mango trees north of Udaipur.
    Kamar-performers-Tera-Tali-IND200111...jpg
  • The statue is in the Theology Hall (with a curved ceiling encrusted in Baroque stucco work) dating from 1679, built by Giovanni Orsi, part of the Strahov Monastery in Hradcany, Prague.  Of richly painted wood, the figure holds one hand to his cheek as though with toothache, and a lantern (?) in the other.  His facial expression seems quite agonized.
    Statue St. John Strahov CZR200901--0...jpg
  • Silver and silver-gilt sculpture on the tomb of tomb of St John of Nepomuk in the Cathedral of St Vitus, Prague.  a Baroque monument cast in silver and silver-gilt that was designed by Fischer von Erlach, 1736.  Detail of a seated female figure holding a large book upright with her left hand and looking mournfully over her shoulder.
    Silver statue CZR200901--0201.jpg
  • Silver and silver-gilt sculpture on the tomb of St John of Nepomuk in the Cathedral of St Vitus, Prague.  a Baroque monument cast in silver and silver-gilt that was designed by Fischer von Erlach, 1736.  Detail of a seated female figure holding a large book upright with her left hand and looking mournfully over he shoulder.
    Silver-sculpture-woman-CZR200901--02...jpg
  • Angkor, Banteay Srei:  land mine victims' orchestra of stringed and percussion instruments plays for tourists and sells CDs of their performances.  The man with his hand to his mouth is playing a leaf as though it were a reed or flute. Man listening is seated on nearby bench.
    Musicians_Banteay_Srei_visitors_KHM2...jpg
  • Oman, village of Al Mudayrib, a village of ancient mud brick houses kept in some repair and still occupied.  Falaj water allocation managed by small hand built dams and sluices.
    Oman_falaj_OMN200801--3905.jpg
  • Portrait from a carte de visite.  Dtanding, leaning on a studio pillar, hat in hand.
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  • Toddler on a platform with his hand on a large bronze bell smiles at his father below.  They are in Durbar Square, Kathmandu.
    Nepali-toddler-with-father-NPL200110...jpg
  • The mosque caretaker opens the interior shutters to the morning.  His gowned figure is silhouetted against the iron grillwork of the window.  A folded newspaper is in his left hand.
    Opening to the morning
  • Portrait of an aged women at a meeting in Cairo. Her gesturing hand suggests predictions or perhaps witchcraft.  Glints of gold jewelry.
    Egyptian old woman crone.jpg
  • Interior wall megaliths of the dolmen of Menga, near Antequera, Malaga, Spain.  Built 3d milennium BCE.  A print with hand finished edges is available, as well as with the usual straight edges of a photographic print.
    Dolmen of Menga ESP201210-2459.jpg
  • Members of the Rajasthani Kamar tribe perform the Tera Tali which is an elaborate ritual with many elements of dance. It is generally performed by two or three women who sit on the ground. Manjiras, or small metal cymbals are tied to different parts of the body, mostly the legs, and with a cymbal in either hand the dancer strikes these in rhythm. The head is covered with a veil, and at times a small sword is clenched between the teeth and an ornamental pot balanced on the head.  This was a special performance for an Elderhostel tour group in a shady grove of mango trees north of Udaipur.
    Kamar-performers-Tera-Tali-IND200111...jpg
  • Closeup of a sleeping dark grey granite Buddha, Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang, Laos.  His smiling head rests on his right hand as he sleeps on his side.  He is draped with a new bright yellow shawl.  Wall hanging behind him in red and yellow patterns.
    Sleeping_Buddha_statue_LAO200601_259.jpg
  • Archaeologist (a woman) excavating a human skeleton carefully brushes dirt from around the remains. She is seated in a twisted posture, leaning on one hand and wielding a brush in the other. Plastic finds bags lie near, held down with a rock.
    Archaeologist_work_TUR199710-11.jpg
  • Closeup from behind of a woman kneeling on a rock pile to dig for archaeological finds.  Trowel in her gloved left hand, bucket visible on her right, boot soles below, and her nice wide bottom take up most of the image.
    Archaeological_work_AR200607_10.jpg
  • Angkor: Prasat Kravan (10th century): east facade in the morning sun, seen from the altar opposite.  Shadows of tree branches stretch across the grass towards the temple. Tourist figure visible in center and left hand doorways.  A small charming Hindu - influenced temple in the Angkor complex.
    Angkor_temple-Prasat_Kravan_KHM20060...jpg
  • Hand prints are a symbol of belonging to a place, according to one interpretation.
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  • High key rendition of the copy of Rodin's The Thinker in the Baltimore Museum of Art, emphasizing arms and hand pressed to his face.
    Rodin-BMA-light-2045.jpg
  • Marble statue of St. Luke, by Nanni di Banco, in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence.  The work was on the original facade of the cathedral, which was redesigned and built.  The seated figure looks down on us with a supercilious sneer, holding a book on his knee with one hand.
    Saint Luke Renaissance statue ITA201...jpg
  • Constantine the Great, gigantic head in profile, with pointing thumb from the detached hand.
    Constantine head ITA200901--0415.jpg
  • Members of the Rajasthani Kamar tribe perform the Tera Tali which is an elaborate ritual with many elements of dance. It is generally performed by two or three women who sit on the ground. Manjiras, or small metal cymbals are tied to different parts of the body, mostly the legs, and with a cymbal in either hand the dancer strikes these in rhythm. The head is covered with a veil, and at times a small sword is clenched between the teeth and an ornamental pot balanced on the head.  This was a special performance for an Elderhostel tour group in a shady grove of mango trees north of Udaipur.
    Kamar-performers-Tera-Tali-IND200111...jpg
  • Misericord in the choir of Toledo Cathedral showing a man with a loaf of bread (?) in each hand, as though offering them for sale or delivery.
    Misericord_delivery_man_ESP201210--4...jpg
  • Portal, Lincoln Cathedral, England, showing detail of pilasters on the left hand side of the entrance.
    Lincoln_cathedral_portal_detail_SC20...jpg
  • Misericord in Toledo Cathedral, showing man and woman seated opposite each other, the man looking miserable and the woman seeming to offer comfort with an extended arm and hand.
    Misericord_couple_ESP201210--4107.jpg
  • View from the entrance along the interior of the library, lined with bookshelves, globes, and stands for large works.  Frescoes and curved ceiling encrusted in Baroque stucco work dating from 1679, built by Giovanni Orsi, and a painted wooden figure of St. John holding his hand to his jaw as though he had a toothache.
    Prague-Strahov-Library-CZR200901--02...jpg
  • Portrait of a windblown middle aged couple wearing sunglasses and sailing in the sunshine.  View from the cabin below deck through the companionway. White-bearded man shades his face with one hand.
    Mature-couple-in-sunshine-HRV200606-...jpg
  • Graffiti: "Gangster Bush" on a bridge in Venice, pedestrian holding up an umbrella in one hand and a cigarette in the other, descends the stairs off the bridge, on a rainy day...
    Daily-life-Venezia_200402-4-35.jpg
  • Two men seated on a vast boulder in the Omani village of Misfah.  They wear traditional Omani dress of dishdasha and turban. One turns his head away and covers his face with one hand, not wanting his visage captured in the camera.
    Two Omani men seated on a boulder
  • Mute mime (possibly a student)  in gold lame robes, in a sidewalk near Piazza Venezia, Rome. One hand held in front, thumb pointing upward.  Indifferent pedestrian, a man, walks by, his arm also up with a cigarette.  The mime's bicycle chained to pipe in the foreground, and a can for contributions in the ground in front.
    Streetscape-mime-Rome_ITA200901--117...jpg
  • Toledo misericord: man seqted, holding up a loaf (of bread?) in each hand as though offering or serving them.  He wears a tasseled cap and a long coat with sleeves.
    Toledo misericord ESP201210--4112.jpg
  • Ancient alley in the oldest part of the medina of Fes.  Multistorey brick tower projects from one building, while a hand written sign below offers building expertise.  Modern street lamp  is wired to an adjoining building, hardly less decrepit.
    Fes_Medina_ancient-alley_MOR200411_0...jpg
  • Stonetown wooden door with finely hand carved jambs and architrave and central pillar.  Doors themselves are plain, however.
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  • Members of the Rajasthani Kamar tribe perform the Tera Tali which is an elaborate ritual with many elements of dance. It is generally performed by two or three women who sit on the ground. Manjiras, or small metal cymbals are tied to different parts of the body, mostly the legs, and with a cymbal in either hand the dancer strikes these in rhythm. The head is covered with a veil, and at times a small sword is clenched between the teeth and an ornamental pot balanced on the head.  This was a special performance for an Elderhostel tour group in a shady grove of mango trees north of Udaipur.
    Kamar-performers-Tera-Tali-IND200111...jpg
  • Santa Costanza, apse mosaic, 5th - 7th century; Christ seated on a globe handing keys to St. Peter. Heavily restored Early Christian mosaic.
    Santa-Costanza-Rome_ITA200901--1105-...jpg
  • Santa Costanza, apse mosaic, 5th - 7th century; Christ in clouds handing scroll of the law to Peter and Paul. Heavily restored Early Christian mosaic.
    Santa-Costanza-Rome_ITA200901--1103.jpg
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