This tradition of highly decorative saddles continues uninterrupted in Tibet for at least a thousand years.
Saddle (gser sga), c. 1942–46, copper alloy, iron, gold, turquoise, wood, leather, textile, Tibetan, Derge (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
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