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A wooden block used for printing cloth. The blocks have different patterns, but often include flowers and leaves. Blocks such as this are common in Rajasthan.

The block is dipped into the printing colours and placed by hand on the cloth. The cloth workers very quickly fill up a row on the cloth.

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