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sporran
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Types
- Day sporrans
- Dress sporrans
- Full-dress sporrans
- Semi-dress sporrans
- Full mask sporrans
- Horsehair sporrans
- Materials and law
- Tradition in Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regiment
- Tradition
- Typical types
- References
- External links
thumb|Bagpiper in Highland dress with sporran indicated thumb|A horsehair sporran
The sporran (; Scottish Gaelic for 'purse'), a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress, is a pouch that functions as a pocket for the kilt. Made of leather or fur, the ornamentation of the sporran is chosen to complement the formality of dress worn with it. The sporran is worn on a leather strap or chain, conventionally positioned in front of the groin of the wearer.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “sporran” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.