Bangladesh
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of 11 objects from Bangladesh, which date from 1888 to 1988. This collection consists primarily of swords and chank shell jewellery. The earliest acquisition was the purchase of four items of jewellery and a silver filigree tray from the Glasgow International Exhibition in 1888. The most recent acquisitions are a Jamdani woven silk and cotton sari, purchased from Mrs Nahar Chowdbury of the Muslim Women’s Welfare Society, and a gift, also from Mrs Chowdbury, of an embroidered blue polyester silk kumeez, or tunic – both were accessioned into the collections in 1988. Much of the material in the collection is difficult to identify as many of the items were acquired prior to 1947, during the colonial era. Bangladesh, which originally formed the eastern part of Bengal, was declared an independent nation in 1971. Before this time it constituted the eastern province of the Islamic state of Pakistan following the 1947 partition of India.
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