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Pichhwai (also pichwai, pichhavai, pichhvai, pechhavai etc), literally meaning 'that which hangs from the back' from the Sanskrit words "Pichh" means back and "wais" means hanging, are large devotional Hindu painted pictures, normally on cloth, which portray Krishna. [2]
Collars which runs parallel and straight at the front are called duijin (对襟). [19] [20]: 22 Garments with duijin collars can either be closed at the centre front [20]: 22 [21] or be left opened in the front. [19] They could be found with or without a high collar depending on the time period. [1]
The breast collar has two forms: One is a simpler type of draught collar for lighter loads, consisting of a padded strap around the chest of the animal. The other is similar, but is attached to a saddle and used when riding a horse to prevent the saddle from sliding back.
A ruff from the early 17th century: detail from The Regentesses of St Elizabeth Hospital, Haarlem, by Verspronck A ruff from the 1620s. A ruff is an item of clothing worn in Western, Central and Northern Europe, as well as Spanish America, from the mid-16th century to the mid-17th century.
A young steer is being branded with an electric branding iron and cut to make an earmark. Branding calves in Colorado, c. 1900. Photochrom print Hot iron horse branding, Spain Modern portable table calf branding cradle, NSW, Australia A stud Merino ram that has been branded on his horn.
Later on, the clothing customs of the Chinese were further influenced by the Hufu-style clothing with round collars and narrow sleeves used in the Hufu of the Wuhu (including the Xianbei people) during the Six dynasties period, [3]: 317 [4]: 183–186 when clothing with yuanling collar started to be worn as an outer-garment and could be used as ...
Sir Thomas More wearing the Collar of Esses as Lord Chancellor, by Hans Holbein the Younger (1527). In jewelry, a collar is an ornament for the neck. The term collar is an older word for necklace. It is usually reserved today for a necklace that lies flat to the body rather than hanging freely, and it rests directly above the collar bone.
The recently extinct Steller's sea cow was the largest known sirenian to have lived, reaching lengths of 10 metres (33 feet) and weights of 5 to 10 tonnes (5.5 to 11.0 short tons). [ 2 ] Sirenians have a large, fusiform body which reduces drag through the water and heavy bones that act as ballast to counteract the buoyancy of their blubber .