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# Qanat

Continuous cloth panels like this could be used as screens around areas of an encampment, especially to surround the ruler's enclosure. These screens were often highly decorative on the inner surface, usually with plain red exteriors.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1650–1750 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-56-1950](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-56-1950) · Pramāṇa
