As some of you are aware, I am an anthropology student. It is common to use words like "clan" for tribe or "kilt" for skirts worn by men in anthropology, but the other day we were studying the Sambia people of New Guinea. The word "sporran" came up to describe what the men wore. How awesome is that?!? There was a photo, and it did indeed look like a sporran. Kinda like a piper's horse hair sporran without tassels and made out of straw/grass. I just thought that was kinda cool.

The anthropologist who we were reading (can't remember his name now) was British, so he must've had previous kilt experience, but all of the American students in the class had no clue what a sporran was. I stood up, pointed to my own sporran, and said "this". My prof. laughed.