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# Fan

Axe-shaped fan (Panka) of cotton embroidered with silk thread. Opens to a butterfly shape. Outside the cotton surface has coloured silk and spangled embroidery with silver tinsel border.

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

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-7-1938](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-7-1938) · Pramāṇa
