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# Back scratcher

This back-scratcher was made within the Mughal empire, probably in the late 17th or early 18th century. It has been fashioned from sections of nephrite jade of different colours and then inset with gems.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1650–1700 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.02588-is](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.02588-is) · Pramāṇa
