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# Tent hanging

Textiles like this one were made in numerous panels so that they could be used as a portable screen or wall inside a large building or tent or outside, to encircle an encampment. The fine embroidery on this example, and its good condition, suggests that it was meant to be used indoors.

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

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-62-1936](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-62-1936) · Pramāṇa
