Rare horse strap, Turkmenistan, Tekke, early twentieth centuryLarge strap consisting of two strips of brown leather trimmed with six rows of metal plates riveted into the leather, punctuated by partially gilded plates with engraved decoration and orange cabochons, sardony, carnelian or glass paste. Bands joined in the center by a cutaway ornament partially gilded and engraved with stylized palmettes, from which a thin leather strap trimmed with five plates. Length : 182,3 cm Wear, small rivets of the metal plates oxidized . A saddle girth, Turkmenistan, Teke, early 20th centuryEric N. Lasry Collection