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Breast Strap

19th century (made)
Place of origin

Y-shaped brown leather breast strap decorated with embossed silver fittings and medallions of inlaid turquoise.; Animal trappings, leather silver turquoise, Yarkand (Shache), China, ca. 1873


Object details

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Brief description
Y-shaped brown leather breast strap decorated with embossed silver fittings and medallions of inlaid turquoise.; Animal trappings, leather silver turquoise, Yarkand (Shache), China, ca. 1873
Credit line
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [Case 25] '0651. MARTINGALE. Leather, set with silver and turquoises. Yarkund, Central Asia.' (No slip number given.)
Production
Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in 1879
Collection
Accession number
0651(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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