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# Betel bag

Betel bag (Bulat-payi), a small cotton bag with a draw-string closure running through metal loops. Embroidered with red and white cotton thread on a blue ground, the upper part of undyed cotton. Both sides are worked with two compartments enclosing symmetrical scrolling foliations. For carrying at the waist.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1700–1799 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-16-1920](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-16-1920) · Pramāṇa
