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# Painting

Opaque watercolour painting of a carpenter wearing a white dhoti and a shawl thrown over his left shoulder. He wears a turban, large oval earrings and on his right arm is a string on which are tied several amulet-cases. Across his chest hangs a yajnopavita (sacred thread).

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

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1974-0617-0-7-28](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1974-0617-0-7-28) · Pramāṇa
