A steel band, normally locked upon the slave's throat. Slavegirls are required to repeat the purposes of a collar on demand. They are: (1) to visibly designate the wearer as a slave, (2) to impress her slavery upon her, (3) it identifies her master, and (4) it provides ease of leashing.
My eyes suddenly noted her one piece of jewelry -- a
light, steel like band she wore as a collar.
Tarnsman of Gor p26
The capture Collar is a loop of chain controlled by two wooden handles so that it is easy to block off the slave's air supply as a measure of control.
" . . . I looked in the rear-view mirror,
terrified. About my throat, closely looped, was a narrow golden chain. It was controlled
by two narrow wooden handles, in his hands "It was a girl-capture chain," I said
"It is to be distingued from the standard garrote, which is armed with wire and can
cut a throat easily. The standard garrote, of course, is impractical for captures, for the
victim, in even a reflexive movement, might cut her own throat."
Savages of Gor p180
A slave collar with a ring upon it to thread chain through, the chain is either a permanent attachment or removable depending on the amount of slaves in the coffle.
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. 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 p135
A light cord tied about the slave's throat with a small disk hanging from it which identifies the name of the Owner. This type of collar is used in the Delta where metal can only be traded for.
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 p341
A collar to which light-weight chain has been attached in order to set off the dancer; a common type consists of a large oval of chain , to which wrist cuffs are attached; once the two sides of the oval have been attached to a ring on the collar; there are variations depending on the region.
A wrist ring was fastened on her right wrist. The
long, slender, gleaming chain was fastened to this and, looping down and up, ascended
gracefully to a wide chain ring on her collar, through which it freely passed, thence
descending, looping down, and ascending, looping up, gracefully, to the left wrist ring.
If she wwere to stand quietly, the palms of her hands on her thighs, the lower portions of
the chain, those two dangling loops, woul dhave been about at the level of her kneels,
just a little higher. The higher portion of the chain, of course, would be at the collar
loop
Kajira of Gor page 143
A high, locking, leather collar which is used to identify Kur slaves
She approached me. 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
locking 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 pgs322-323
A slave collar normally for a female slave, which locks in the back. The key would be kept by her Owner. Most locks are six pin or six disk locks, one pin or disk for each letter of the word kajira.
A small, heavy lock on a girl's slave collar,
incidently, may be of several varieties, but almost all are cylinder locks, either of the
pin or disk variety. In a girl's collar lock there would be either six pins or six disks,
on each, it is said, for each letter in the Gorean word for slave, Kajira
Assassin of Gor p51
A high leather collar which a contains a message sewn within it. Normally the recipient would also keep the slave as a gift.
"Did you note the collar she wore?" He had
not seemed to show much interest in the high thick leather 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 Kamback.
"Inside the leather sewn within, will be a message."
Nomads of Gor p40
The Northern collar is flat black metal, literally rivited on with a hammer, it is normally unmarked and is used in Torvaldsland and surrounding areas.
"Look up at me," said the smith. The
slender, blond girl, tears in her eyes, looked up at him. He opened the hinged collar of
black iron, about a half inch in height. He put it about her throat. It also contained a
welded ring, suitable for the attachment of a chain. "Put your head beside the
anvil," he said. He took her hair, and threw it forward, and thrust her neck against
the left side of the anvil. Over the anvil lay the joining ends of the two pieces of the
collar. The inside of the collar was separated by a quarter of an inch from her neck. I
saw the fine hairs on the back of her neck. On one part of the collar are two, small,
flat, thick rings. On the other is a single such ring. These rings, when the wings of the
collar are joined, are aligned, those on one wing on top and bottom, that on the other in
the center. They fit closely together, one on top of the other. The holes in each, about
three-eighths of an inch in diameter, too, of course, are perfectly aligned. The smith,
with his thumbs, forcibly, pushed a metal rivet through the three holes. The rivet fits
snuggly. "Do not move your head, Bond-maid," said the smith. Then, with great
blows of the iron hammer, he riveted the iron collar about her throat.A man then pulled
her by the hair from the anvil and threw her to one side. She lay there weeping, a naked
bond-maid, marked and collared.
Marauders of Gor pgs105-106
A plank collar is used on slave benches. It is a heavy wooden plank with five semicircular openings, when the plank is lifted it provides holding collars for five slaves. The plank is then chained down.
The primary holding arrangement for women on the
benches, 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, semicircular openings, which, when it is set on
pinions, closed, and chained in place, provides thusly five sturdy, wooden inclosures for
the small, lovely throats of women. The plank is thick and thus the girls's 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 p60
A plate collar is used most often on male slaves or untrained female slaves. It is hammered onto the throat and only a metal worker can remove it.
I could see the heavy metal collar hammered about the
man's neck, not uncommon in a male slave. His head would have been placed across the
anvil, and the metal curved about his neck with great blows.
Hunters of Gor p13
The Turian collar, unlike most collars which fit closely to the girl's skin, is a loose round ring, so loose that the girl can turn within it. Though it is harder to engrave, it is very popular in some areas.
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.
Nomads of Gor p29
A shipping collar is a temporary collar used to identify the slave as part of the cargo of a particular ship.
"What sort of collar do you wear?" "A
shipping collar, Master. It shows that I am a portion of the cargo of the Palms of
Schendi."
Explorers of Gor p79
A sleeve made out of cloth of some type which goes around the collar and normally would match the outfit the slave is wearing. Used only in some cities.
I reached out, timidly, towards her throat. I touched
the object there. "What is this?" I asked. "The silk?" she asked.
"That is a collar stocking, or a collar sleeve. They may be made of many different
materials. In a cooler climate they are sometimes of velvet. In most cities they are not
used."
Kajira of Gor p46
An errand capsule is a leather cylinder attached to a slave's neck by a string over the collar, it is used for carrying notes and messages usually.
I did have an errand capsule, a capped, narrow
leather cylinder, such as may be used for carrying notes, messages, and such, on a string
around my neck, the string over my collar.
Dancer of Gor p300
This type of anklet is used for slaves stolen from Earth. It is removed and replaced with a collar upon her delivery. The anklet has the girl's identification number engraved upon it.
. . . 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 ankled," I said, "It is removed after her delivery
to Gor"
Savages of Gor p181
The Gorean word for collar.
"Ko-lar," she said, indicating her collar.
"It is the same word in English," I cried.
Slave Girl of Gor p80
burned into the flesh of animals and slaves to mark them as property. There are many types of brands, some of which are the kef (common kajira brand), Dina, Palm, mark of Treve, and mark of Torvaldsland.
When an individual captures a girl for his own uses,
he does not always mark her, though it is commonly done. On the other hand, the
professional slaver, as a business practice, almost always brands his chattels, and it is
seldom that an unbranded girl ascends the block.
The brand is to be distinguished from the collar, though both are designation of slavery.
The primary significance of the collar is that it identifies the master and his city. The
collar of a given girl may be changed countless times, but the brand continues throughout
to bespeak her status.
Outlaw of Gor, page 189
"I have five brands," said the metal
worker, "the common Kajira brand, the Dina, the Palm, the mark of Treve, the mark of
Port Kar."
Explorers of Gor, page 70
Described as a half circle about an inch and a quarter in width, adjoined at it's right tip by a steep, diagnonal line an inch and a quarter in height. In the north, the bond-maid is reffered to as a woman whose belly lies beneath the sword.
(Trying to locate the book to find the quote)
Marauders of Gor, page 87
A small short-stemmed flower indigenous to hillsides, it is sometimes called the 'slave flower' and is often used as a design for slave brands.
my own brand was the "dina"; the dina is a
small lovely, multiply petaled flower, short-stemmed, and blooming in a turf of green
leaves, usually on the slopes of hills, in the northern temperate zones of Gor; it is and
exotic, alien flower; it is also spoken of, in the north, where it grows most frequently,
as the slave flower; it was burned into my flesh
Slave Girl of Gor, page 61
One of the four Tribes of the Wagon Peoples, they are are known as the Blood People. Their brand, which is used on both slaves and bosk, is a stylized representation of a bola, three circles joined at the center by lines.
The standard of the Kassars is that of a scarlet,
three-weighted bola, which hands from a lance; the symbolic representation of a bola,
three circles joined at the center by lines, is used to mark both their bosk and slaves
Nomads of Gor, page 106
One of the four tribes of the Wagon Peoples. Their brand is a yellow bow, facing to the left.
..the standard of the Kataii is a yellow bow, bound
across a black lance; their brand is also that of a bow, facing to the left..
Nomads of Gor, page 106
A letter of the Gorean alphabet analogous with the Earth letter 'K'; the first letter of the Gorean words for male and female slaves and hence often used as a brand. It is sometimes called the "staff and fronds" due to its appearence.
I had now been branded, a small, graceful mark burned
into my left thigh, high, under the hip. It had a vertical bar, a rather strict one, with
two curling, frondlike extensions, rather near its base, as though in submission to it. It
looked a little like a 'K.'
Magicians of Gor, page 67
Rather like a tattoo, an appropriate design is cut into the thigh of a slave and a colored powder is rubbed into it. Used in the jungle of Schendi.
From the box he then took a small, curved knife and a
tiny, cylindrical leather flask. I gritted my teeth, but made no sound. With the
small knife he gashed my left thigh, making upon it a small, strange design. He then took
a powder, orange in color, from the flask and rubbed it into the wound.
Explorers of Gor, page 330
One of the four tribes of the Wagon Peoples, the Paravaci are known as The Rich People. The Paravaci brand is a stylized representation of a bosk head: a semi-circle resting on an inverted isosceles triangle.
the Paravaci standard is a large banner of jewels
beaded on golden wires, forming the head and horns of a bosk its value is incalculable;
the Paravaci brand is a symbolic representation of a bosk hed, a semicircle resting on an
inverted isoceles triangle.
Nomads of Gor, page 106
A tiny brand in the form of spreading bosk horns found on the forearm of goreans, it's presence guaranteeing their safe passage, at certain seasons, across the plains of the Wagon People. The stigma attached with such a brand is that the one who wears it approaches the Wagon People as a slave. If the offering of the person of wearing the brand, be it the song of a singer or merchandize from a merchant, is rejected than the bearer is slain out of hand.
The street was lined by throngs of Tuchuks and
slaves. Among them, too, were soothsayers and haruspexes, and singers and musicians, and,
here and there, small peddlers and merchants, of various cities, for such are occasionally
permitted by the Tuchuks, who crave their wares, to approach the wagons. Each of these, I
was later to learn, wore on his forearm a tiny band, in the form of spreading bosk horns,
which guaranteed his passage, at certain seasons, across the plains of the Wagon Peoples.
The difficulty, of course, is in first obtaining the brand. If, in the case of a singer,
the song is rejected, or in the case of a merchant, his merchandise is rejected, he is
slain out of hand. This acceptance brand, of course, carries with it a certain stain of
ignominy, suggesting that those who approach the wagons do so as slaves.
Nomads of Gor, page 34
small 1/4 inch brands that mark a convicted liar, thief, traitor etc.
I looked at her, puzzled.
"Penalty brands," she said. "They are tiny, but clearly visible. There are
various such brands. There is one for lying, and another for stealing."
Captive of Gor, page 277
Tiny 1/4 inch three-pronged brand worn on the
cheek of those of the Caste of Thieves, who are found only in Port Kar.
The theif's scar in Port Kar is a tiny, three-pronged
brand, burned into the face over the right cheekbone. It marks the members of the Cast of
Thieves in Port Kar. That is the only city in which, as far as I know, there is a
recognized caste for theives.
Mercenaries of Gor, page 239
A brand marking those of Treve. It is the first letter, in cursive script, of the name of the city of Treve.
"I have never seen a brand of Treve," I
said.
"It is rare," said Ena, proudly.
"May I see your brand?" I asked. I was curious.
"Of course," said Ena, and she stood up and, extending her left leg, drew her
long, lovely white garment to her hip, revealing her limb.
I gasped.
Incised deeply, precisely, in that slim, lovely, now-bared thigh was a startling mark,
beautiful, insolent, dramatically marking that beautiful thigh as that which it now could
only be, that of a female slave.
"It is beautiful," I whispered.
Ena pulled away the clasp at the left shoulder of her garment, dropping it to her ankles.
She was incredibly beautiful.
"Can you read?" she asked.
"No," I said.
She regarded the brand. "It is the first letter, in cursive script," she said,
"of the name of the city of Treve."
Captive of Gor, page 277
One of the four tribes of Wagon Peoples. Their brand is the sign of the four bosk horns, that of the Tuchuk standard, it is only an inch high and resembles an 'H'. It is used to mark both their bosk and their slaves.
the brand of the Tuchuk slave, incidentally, is not
the same as that generally used in the cities, which, for girls, is the first letter of
the expression Kajira in cursive script, but the sign of the four bosk horns, that of the
Tuchuk standard; the brand of the four bosk horns, set in such a manner as to somewhat
resemble the letter 'H', is only about an inch high; the common Gorean brand, on the other
hand, is usually an inch and a half to two inches high
Nomads of Gor, page 62
A device to which a new slave girl is chained for branding; her hands are chained above her head but the rest of her body is free to move except for whichever thigh is to be branded this being held motionless in a large vise.
The girl was brought into the shop and stood in the
branding rack, which was then locked on her, holding her upright. The metal worker placed
her wrists behind her in the wrist clamps, adjustable, each on their vertical, flat metal
bar. He screwed shut the clamps. She winced. He then shackled her feet on the rotating
metal platform.
"Left thigh or right thigh?" he asked.
"Left thigh," said Ulafi. Slave girls are commonly branded on the left thigh.
Sometimes they are branded on the right thigh, or lower left abdomen.
The metal worker turned the apparatus, spinning the shaft, with its attached, circular
metal platform. The girl's left thigh now faced us. It was an excellent thigh. It would
take the mark well. The metal worker then, with a whell, tightening it, locked the device
in place, so that it could not turn.
Explorers of Gor, page 71
Gorean word for slave brand.
Eta smiled. She pointed to her brand.
"Kan-lara," she said. She pointed to my brand. "Kan-lara Dina," she
said. I repeated these words.
Slave Girl of Gor, page 80
