Chirpy woman's cloak, Turkmenistan, Tekke, 20th century Black cotton cloak embroidered in polychrome with silk threads forming a stylized vegetal decoration punctuated with tulips on the whole. Two false sleeves in the back connected by a fringed textile band, decorated with metal pendants and a triangular pendant with colored silk floats. Bangs on the end of the sleeves and the bottom of the cape. Inside, various yokes of colored cotton. Length with bangs: 116 cm; shoulder length: 50 cmAccidents on the pendant. A Teke woman's cape (chirpy), Turkmenistan, 20th centuryEric N. Lasry Collection