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HORSE COLLAR
Overview
Coaching or draft horse collar stuffed with straw and lined with woven wool fabric, brown and yellow check on natural background.
The top edges of the collar are joined by a buckle and belt.
Historical information
These traditional working collars are shaped pad that fit around a horse's neck. When a collar was made, it was filled with stray. The fabric lining would be already sewn in place and the straw wetted, then pushed in carefully with a long metal rod. Attached to the collar are metal bars called hames. Long straps or chains called traces are joined to these and the horse pulls the cart or plough by the traces.
