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The parrot addresses Khujasta at the beginning of the thirty-third night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows an illustration of a woman standing on a patterned purple floor. She is wearing an orange sari with a gray border and a gold top; she has a bindi on her forehead and dark hair. Her left arm is bent at the elbow and her hand extended outward, palm up. A green parrot perches on a red chest to her left. A white building with a blue and gold roof is to her right. The background shows a red fence, green curtains, and trees. The image includes black text written in a foreign language on a beige background above the illustration.

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