"The collar has four common purposes, Master," she said, "First, it visibly designates me as a slave, as a brand might not, should it be covered by clothing. Second, it impresses my slavery upon me. Thirdly, it identifies me to my Master. Fourthly - fourthly -" "Fourthly?" he asked. "Fourthly," she said, "it makes it easier to leash me." Explorers of Gor, 5:80-81 The word ko'lar "'Ko - lar,' she said, indicating her collar. 'It is the same word in English,' I cried. She did not understand my outburst. Gorean, as I would learn, is rich in words borrowed from Earth Languages; how rich it is I am not a skilled enough philologist to conjecture. It may well be that almost all Gorean expressions may be traced to one or another Earth language. Yet, the language is fluid, rich and expressive. Borrowed expressions, as in linguistic borrowing generally, take on the coloration of the borrowing language; in time the borrowings become naturalized, so to speak, being fully incorporated into the borrowing language; at this point they are, for all practical purposes, words within the borrowing language. How many, in English, for example, think of expressions such as 'automobile,' 'corral,' and 'lariat' as being foreign words? 'Collar!' I said. Eta frowned. 'Ko - lar,' she repeated, again indicating the neck band of steel fashioned on her throat. 'Ko - lar,' I said, carefully following her pronunciation. Eta accepted this." Slave Girl of Gor, pages 80 - 81 I.D. anklet "My ankles were crossed and tied together, with a short piece of rope. A metal anklet of some sort was fastened on my left ankle." "A girls identificatory anklet." I said. "It is removed after her delivery to Gor." Savages of Gor, page 181 Capture collars I took a length of binding fiber and knotted it, with capture knots, about her throat. It was her collar. Too, the capture knots, those of a warrior, would serve to identify her as mine in the north. Beasts of Gor, page 183-184 Coffle collar "The collars had front and back rings, were hinged on the right and locked on the left. This is a familiar form of coffle collar. The lengths of chain between the collars were about three to four feet long. Some were attached to the collar rings by the links themselves, opened and then reclosed about the rings, and some of them were fastened to the collar rings by snap rings." Savages of Gor, page 135 "Another common form of coffle collar has its hinge in the front and closes behind the back of the neck, like the common slave collar. It has a single collar ring, usually on the right, through which, usually, a single chain is strung. Girls are spaced on such a chain, usually, by snap rings." Savages of Gor, pages 135-136 The Cord collar " On some rence islands I have heard, incidentally, that the men have revolted, and enslaved their women. These are usually kept in cord collars, with small disks attached to them, indicating the names of their masters." Vagabonds of Gor, page 341 The hammered steel collar " The girls were then motioned to the anvil. First Virginia and then Phyllis laid their heads and throats on the anvil, head turned to the side, their hands holding the anvil, and the smith, expertly, with his heavy hammer and a ringing of iron, curved the collar about their throats; a space of a quarter of an inch was left between the two ends of the collar; the ends matched perfectly; both Virginia and Phyllis stepped away from the anvil feeling the metal on their throats" Assassin of Gor, page 153-154 Leather leash collar He then turned her about and put a leather collar leash collar, with its attached lead, now dangling before her, on her neck. Magicians of Gor, page 33 lock collar " About my throat, snugly, there was a graceful, gleaming band of steel. Gathering my wits I simply reached behind my neck to release the catch, and remove it. My fingers fumbled. I could not find the release. I turned it slowly, carefully, because it fitted rather closely. I examined it in the mirror. There was no release, no catch. Only a small, heavy lock, and a place where a tiny key might fit. It had been locked on my throat! There was printing on the band, but I could not read it. It was not in a script I knew! Captive of Gor, page 7 " The small, heavy lock on a girls slave collar, incidentally, may be of several varieties, but almost all are cylinder locks, either of the pin or disk variety. In a girls collar lock there would be six pins or six disks, one each, it is said, for each letter of the Gorean word for female slave, kajira; the male slave , or kajirus, seldom has a locked collar; normally a band of iron is simply hammered about his neck; often he works in chains, usually with other male slaves. " Assassins of Gor, page 51 The message collar "Did you note the collar she wore?" I asked. He had not seemed to show much interest in the high thick collar that the girl had had sewn about her neck. "Of course," he said."I myself," I said, "have never seen such a collar." "It is a message collar," said Kamchak. "Inside the leather sewn within, will be a message. " Nomads of Gor, page 40 Plank collar Nearby there were four girls in a plank collar. This is formed from two boards into which matching semicircles have been cut. The two boards are connected and supported by five flat, sliding U-irons; when the U-irons are slid back, the collar is opened. When they are slid into place, and the two leaves are bolted together, the collar is closed. Two hasps with staples, secured with padlocks, occur, too, at opposite ends of the planks. These lock the collar. The four girls in the plank collar were kneeling, waiting for their master to conduct some business. He was of the peasants. They were nude. Their hands were tied behind their backs. Rogue of Gor, page 69 The primary holding arrangements for women on the benches (this is in a barge), however, are not chains. Each place on the bench is fitted with ankle and wrist stocks, and for each bench there is a plank collar, a plank which opens horizontally, each half of which contains five matching, semi-circular openings, which, when it is set on pinions, closed, and chained in place, provides thusly five sturdy, wooden enclosures for the small, lovely throats of women. The plank is thick and thus the girls' chins are held high. The plank is further reinforced between each girl with a narrowly curved iron band, the open ends of which are pierced; this is slid tight in its slots, in its metal retainers, about the boards, and secured in place with a four-inch metal pin, which may or may not be locked in place.... Savages of Gor, page 60 Plate collar Ho-Tu grinned. "Call the smith!" said he to the guard. "Plate collars!" When the smith arrived, he took, from a rack in the wall, two narrow, straight bars of iron, not really plates but narrow cubes, about a half inch in width and fifteen inches in length. The girls were then motioned to the anvil. First Virginia and then Phyllis laid their heads and throats on the anvil, head turned to the side, their hands holding the anvil, and the smith, expertly, with his heavy hammer and a ringing of iron, curved the collar about their throats; a space of about a quarter of an inch was left between the two ends of the collar; the ends matched perfectly; both Virginia and Phyllis stepped away from the anvil feeling the metal on their throats, both now collared slave girls. "If your training goes well," said Flaminius to the girls, "you will in time be given a pretty collar." He indicated Elizabeth's yellow enameled collar, bearing the legend of the House of Cernus. "It will even have a lock," said Flaminius. "I will decide if and when they receive a lock collar," said Sura. Assassin of Gor, page 153-154 Shipping collar "I have a collar here," said Ulafi, lifting a steel slave collar. It was a shipping collar. It had five palms on it, and the sign of Schendi, the shackle and scimitar. The girl who wore it would be clearly identified as a portion of Ulafi's cargo Explorers of Gor, page 67 Transport Collars Our hands, too, those of all of us, were secured, braceleted behind our backs. We all, too, had new collars on our necks, probably transport collars. They had metal tags attached to them Dancer of Gor, page 73 The Turian collar " She wore bells locked on both wrists, and on both ankles, thick cuffs and anklets, each with a double line of bells, fastened by steel and key. She wore the Turian collar, rather than the common slave collar. The Turian collar lies loosely on the girl, a round ring; it fits so loosely that, when grasped in a man's fist, the girl can turn within it; the common Gorean collar, on the other hand, is a flat snugly fitting steel band. Both collars lock in the back behind the girl's neck. The Turian collar is more difficult to engrave, but it, like the flat collar, will bear some legend assuring that the girl, if found, will be promptly returned to her master. Bells had also been affixed to her collar. " Nomads of Gor, page 29 Work collars The two girls, on their hands and knees on the deck, linked together by a gleaming neck chain, some five feet in length, attached to two steel work collars, these fitted over their regular collars, looked up Explorers of Gor, page 98 The collar used in Torvaldsland "About her neck, riveted, was a collar of black iron, with a welded ring, to which a chain might be attached. " Marauders of Gor, page 85 " There were some one hundred bond-maids for sale in the shed. They all wore the collars of the north, with the projecting iron ring. " Marauders of Gor, page 158 Collar of Red Savages "The red savages do not use steel collars. They use high, beaded collars, tied together in the front by a rawhide string. Subtle differences in the styles of collars, and in the knots with which they are fastened on the girls' necks, differentiate the tribes. Within a given tribe the beading, in its arrangements and colors, identifies the particular master. This is a common way, incidentally, for warriors to identify various articles which they own." Savages of Gor, page 102 Collar of Rencers On some rence islands I have heard, incidentally, that the men have revolted and enslaved their women. These are usually kept in cord collars, with small disks attached to them, indicating the names of their masters Vagabonds of Gor, page 341 collar of the Red Hunters Under the tether on the throat of each there was tied an intricately knotted set of four leather strings. In such a way the red hunters identify their animals. The owner of the beast may be determined from the knotting of the strings. Beasts of Gor, page 153 Kur collar Over her iron collar she wore a heavy leather Kur collar, high, heavily sewn, with its large ring Marauders of Gor, page 261 from My pouch I drew forth a leather Kur collar, with its lock, and sewn in leather, its large, rounded ring. "what is it" she asked apprehensively. I took it behind her neck, and then, closing it about her throat, thrust the large, flattish bolt, snapping it into the lock breech. the two edges of metal, bordered by the leather, fitted closely together. the collar is some three inches in height. the girl must keep her chin up. "it is the collar of a Kur cow" I told her. Marauders of Gor, page 275