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# Painting

Opaque watercolour painting of a Brahmin accountant with a beard, moustache and kudumi at the back of his head. He wears a white dhoti with a narrow red border with geometrical patterns. 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.1974-0617-0-7-6](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1974-0617-0-7-6) · Pramāṇa
