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# Waistcloth

Waistcloth (patka) of printed cream-coloured cotton. The cloth has panels at each end diapered with minute and closely set floral sprigs in red, purple and green. The panels are separated from the main field, which is plain, by four narrow bands.

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

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-99-1948](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-99-1948) · Pramāṇa
