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Post by snafu on Sept 23, 2012 6:21:07 GMT 3
The Secret History says that Temujin's adopted brother Sigi Qutuqu was discovered in a Tatar camp wearing a gold nose-ring. That always struck me as odd because I've never seen any other reference to steppe people wearing nose-rings. Has anyone ever come across any other mentions of nose-rings and steppe tribes?
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Post by H. İhsan Erkoç on Sept 23, 2012 13:46:16 GMT 3
I also don't remember reading anything like that :/
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Post by snafu on Sept 24, 2012 3:13:30 GMT 3
After looking into it I read that some Siberian tribes wore (and still wear) nose-rings. I've heard some scholars say that they thought the Tatars may have had Tungus roots. Maybe this was part of that Tungus culture.
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