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# Waistcloth

Waistcloth (patka) of printed white cotton, stencilled and hand-painted. The panels at each end are filled with five elongated floral sprigs. The flowers in cream are outlined and veined in red and the remainder in grey-blue. The panels are separated from the main field, which is plain, by four narrow bands.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1700–1750 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-98-1948](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-98-1948) · Pramāṇa
