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# Waistcloth

Waistcloth (patka) of embroidered white cotton chintz, stencilled and hand-painted. The cloth has panels at each end filled with five elongated floral sprigs with flowers in cream, outlined in red and leaves in green-blue. The panels are separated from the main field, which is plain, by narrow bands.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1650–1699 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-93-1948](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-93-1948) · Pramāṇa
