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Description
In India, archivists design their own structures, whether it be metal or wood, and most of the time also design their own catalogue systems. I find the thought of the secrets and knowledge contained in all that paper deeply moving.
—Dayanita Singh, 2013
Accession Number
243259
Medium
Inkjet print
Dimensions
Image, approx: 38 × 38 cm (15 × 15 in.); Frame: 59.7 × 59.9 × 3.8 cm (23 9/16 × 23 5/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
Classification
photograph
Credit Line
Gift of Meredith and Akhil Sharma
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![File Room [2]](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/12081825-2381-f932-a070-5071787a249a/full/600,/0/default.jpg)
![File Room [1]](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/e948a42a-fe91-0953-9c1f-fe670585b7a1/full/600,/0/default.jpg)