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The Raja’s daughter, born with three breasts, accompanies her blind husband and his hunchback guide on a journey, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-second Night

Cleveland Museum of Art

A man in an orange tunic and white head covering walks to the left with his eyes closed and the right arm extended to the side. A man with a white beard in a blue tunic and white head covering holds a rope around the waist of the man in orange. A woman with dark hair pulled back and three breasts stands beside them, on the right. All three people are on grass with rocks. There are trees on the left behind them and a pink hill on the right. The sky at the top right appears blue. Text written in black ink on a beige background occupies the top portion.

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