Girdle

Girdle (patka) of unbleached or yellowed muslin, embroidered with coloured floss silks, flattened silver wire, gold wire and fragments of beetles' wings. The patka is of a rather loosely woven, cheesecloth-type muslin, has a plain field, with embroidered end and side borders mainly in darning.

Kind

artefact

Date

1700–1800 CE