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# Painting

Opaque watercolour painting of a leather worker or upholsterer. The man, holding thread in his left hand, wears a dhoti. He has a shawl folded over his left arm and carries under his arm a bolt of blue and white ikat material. On his forehead and chest are Vaishnava namams (emblems).

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1750–1799 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1974-0617-0-7-15](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1974-0617-0-7-15) · Pramāṇa
