ancient sporran?

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Scattered details can give a general picture of background. At 1500-500 BC some horse-tribes of Russian steppes were linked to Brahmins, who had Sanskrit "camara" meaning royal tassel, a yak-tail. This has the volume of 6 horse-tails and was used later by Genghiz Khan who hung 9 on a pole. The sporran's 3 is more manageable..The Brahmin king of Thailand uses 1 yak-tail as regalia today.
The ancient "good god" of Ireland was Eochaid "The Stallion", and Eochaid was father of Angus when the clans sailed to the Isles. Just a guess that they used tassels..

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"Scotch plaid" and tassels for royal troops were used in Assyria. It was attaked by Scythians, who are noted as ancestors in the Declaration of Arbroath.
Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon: With Travels ... - Google Books Resultby Sir Austen Henry Layard, Austin Henry Layard - 1853 - Nineveh (Extinct city) - 586 pages
Under the head of the horse was hung a bell or a tassel. ... The parasol was embroidered with rosettes, and ornamented with tassels, and to it was hung the ...
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