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DOG NECKLACE called VRECCALE and its HARNESS
Abruzzo region, Italy or Spain
circa 1900
Diameter: 18 cm
Nail length: 5.5 cm
This vreccale, also known as an "anti-wolf collar", consists of a wide strip of thick leather to which seventeen iron spikes or nails are attached.
These collars, typical of pastoral life, were worn by sheepdogs to protect their throats from the bites of wolves that might attack flocks of sheep.
It comes with a harness or bridle.
Maremma Sheepdog, Gran Sasso National Park, Abruzzo, Italy, 2013 © Nature Picture Library / Alamy Banque D'Images.
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
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