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# Patka

Girdle (patka) of painted cotton chintz. Plain field with a panel at each end filled with seven sprigs in green and sepia, outlined in red. The panels are separated from the field by four narrow bands. These and the lengthwise borders are filled with undulating leafy stems in sepia on a dark green ground.

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

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-87-1950](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-87-1950) · Pramāṇa
