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# Patka

Girdle (patka) in painted cotton. In four fragments. Originally with a plain field and panels at each end, but only one survives. This panel is filled with iris sprigs in red and sepia on a natural ground. The borders are filled with flowers on continuous stems.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1600–1699 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-96-1950](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-96-1950) · Pramāṇa
