Boss from a Horse Breast Collar
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This boss, decorated all over with flowers and foliage, adorned the cross-section of the three straps of a horse breast collar (straps preventing the saddle from slipping backwards). This example is a simpler version of the luxury bosses attached to some Ottoman deluxe tacks, usually made of silver and gold.
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