Looks like a dated version of a fly bonnet.
Horse tack - Anyone know what this is?
Hello!
Has anyone seen a piece of horse tack like this? I'm trying to find out where it was made, when, and who made it? I've had it a long time and it has always bugged me that I don't know much about it.
This is an item which fits over the horse's entire face. It is 16 inches across the top, 10 inches down the sides, the thin leather strips are 12 inches long. The metal circles all over the front of it, appear to be brass.They are attached with leather. Two the larger circles, in the
top two outer corners have two stars each, embossed, on them.
The back side is braided over all. The places for the horse's eyes to look through are braided. The 1 inch wide leather strip that travels down the nose has the brass circles and a white leather tassel at the end. There is a strap with a buckle that goes behind the ears and another for under the head.
I bought it over 30 years ago from a lady whose husband was in the Airforce and stationed in the Middle East.
She was told it was used when horses were on the desert. The brass is suppose to reflect the sun and the leather strips were to keep away bugs.
I appreciate your opinion!
Has anyone seen a piece of horse tack like this? I'm trying to find out where it was made, when, and who made it? I've had it a long time and it has always bugged me that I don't know much about it.
This is an item which fits over the horse's entire face. It is 16 inches across the top, 10 inches down the sides, the thin leather strips are 12 inches long. The metal circles all over the front of it, appear to be brass.They are attached with leather. Two the larger circles, in the
top two outer corners have two stars each, embossed, on them.
The back side is braided over all. The places for the horse's eyes to look through are braided. The 1 inch wide leather strip that travels down the nose has the brass circles and a white leather tassel at the end. There is a strap with a buckle that goes behind the ears and another for under the head.
I bought it over 30 years ago from a lady whose husband was in the Airforce and stationed in the Middle East.
She was told it was used when horses were on the desert. The brass is suppose to reflect the sun and the leather strips were to keep away bugs.
I appreciate your opinion!
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That is a very decorative fly mask, probably used in a harness. The rest of the horse was protected by a fly sheet like this old one;
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Here is a link to some modern ones for sale
Fly Protection - Driving Fly Nets, Bonnets, Sheets, Fly Mask, Veils - Big Black Horse
Here is a link to some modern ones for sale
Fly Protection - Driving Fly Nets, Bonnets, Sheets, Fly Mask, Veils - Big Black Horse
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