Horse breast collars 2700 ago and now
The most interesting feature of this article by Hylke Hettema on her blog is the observation that Assyrian reliefs featuring horses displayed what seems to be bead necklaces similar to those used on horses today to keep the evil eye away, such as the one on this stallion of the late Dani El Barbary’s below with her beautiful stallion Wali El Ahd “Crown Prince”. Photo taken by Gudrun Waiditschka in 2003.
The reliefs also feature another necklace below it, with three tassels similar to breast collars still used today, some two thousand seven hundred years later (!)
The continuity of artifacts in the Middle East is sometimes mind-numbing. Below is a similar breast collar with tassels on the desert import *Wadduda from ca. 1906, just to make the point that the modern artifacts above were not copied by someone who took a tour of the Assyrian gallery at the British Museum.
Very interesting,remark eye sockets and chin,ears too of the horse.Possibly the Assyrian horses were the main ancestors of the arabian horse
i wonder if the collar on the Assyrian horses were woven into the mane upon the neck possibly-very interesting the time that has passed and the collar has remained very much the same-Tradition !
Very interesting on this blog. Horse breast collar is the best to control the horse and have a good and safe riding. It is a wonderful product for our horse. I was able to see it at this site. https://ropingsupply.com/collections/breast-collar-and-trippin-collars
More horse riders are becoming aware of the benefits of using a breast collar on their horses. It’s encouraging that there are more options available. Some options I found at https://ropingsupply.com/collections/breast-collar-and-trippin-collars.