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# Wand of office

The exact function of this object made within the Mughal empire in the late 17th century is uncertain, although it may have been a wand of office. It has been expertly fashioned from light green and white nephrite jade.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1600–1700 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.02606-is](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.02606-is) · Pramāṇa
