[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Girdle # 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-66-1977](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-66-1977) · Pramāṇa