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Pankha | Fan
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Category: Vastu
Location: Udaipur, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Cultural region: Mewar
Materials: Cotton (Rope), Textile
Textile craft technique: Embroidery
Source: DICRC, India and SADACC, UK
This pankha (made from silk and velvet with gota patti embroidery) is on display at the City Palace Museum in Udaipur. It was hung above a sinhaasan indicating the manner in which it would have been used for a member of the royal family