[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Qanat # Qanat This double-niched hanging would have formed part of a larger set of niches joined together to form a continuous screen or 'qanat'. Screens of this sort would be used either outside, to form an enclosure around a tent or encampment, or inside, to line a tent (hence the term 'tent-hanging') or to divide a larger hall. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1635–1653 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-19-1989](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-19-1989) · Pramāṇa