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# Sash

This fine sash (patka) would have been worn by a man around the waist of a tailored robe, probably of the type called a jama. It is woven of fine cotton muslin made in Bengal, then in eastern India but now in Bangladesh, which was traditionally a centre for weaving such fabrics.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1795–1804 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-33-1925](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-33-1925) · Pramāṇa
