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# Waist sash

This sash (patka) is finely woven in silk and metal-wrapped thread. The borders of flowering plants are typical of the classic Mughal style, and a sash of this quality would certainly have been worn at one of the richer courts of North India.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1700–1750 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-25-1936](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-25-1936) · Pramāṇa
