She tossed it absently on the floor, pulling a second item free.  This was different.  It was made of a lacy black material, formed into two cups.  They could be some kind of strange earmuff—there was a thick strap which might fit around a mare’s head.  Intrigued, she looked at it more closely.  The fabric, was very high-quality, and the stitchwork was flawless.  At the center of the thick strap were several very tiny hooks.  Two smaller straps led off the thick one; she eventually discovered that they were supposed to run to the top of the cups.  That didn’t make sense, unless the straps were supposed to attach to a hat somehow.