03-28-2006, 09:43 AM
Quote:It's been written that the Huns compressed their children noses with bandages in order to make'em flat and fit better inside the helms nasals... Wouldn't have been easier to make the helmets bigger?
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Cranial deformation.
Not done as a functional aid but as , what they considered a corrective method to make themselves more attractive
hock: The Sarmatians, Gepids and some Goth tribes did the same, presumably under Hun influence. Basically you wrap the babies head in bandages or wide thongs to compress the soft unfused bones in the cranium. These later fuse together to give an elongated, sloping forehead.
Other cultures practiced the same deformation such as the Maya, apparently prefering boards to bandages :wink:
Kuura/Jools Sleap.
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