Armor Item Number: E168158-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "STICK ARMOR. WOVEN WITH SINEW AND WOOLEN CORD, 73 STICKS. ROD ARMOR:--COMPOSED OF 72 PEELED RODS OF UNIFORM LENGTH AND DIAMETER, HELD IN VERTICAL SERIES BY ALTERNATE BANDS OF WEAVING OF WOOLEN AND SINEW CORD. THE RODS ARE BUNCHED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BAND. THE ENDS OF THE RODS ARE NEATLY HOLLOWED OUT, FORMING CUP CAVITIES, AND THERE ARE FOUR EQUIDISTANT VERTICAL BANDS OF RED PAINT. THIS BAND WAS PROBABLY WORN WITH A SKIN COAT, BOTH SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN SECURED FROM THE SAME NATIVE. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO DEVICE TO PREVENT THE ROD BAND SLIPPING DOWN. WIDTH, 30 INCHES; HEIGHT, 23 1/2 INCHES. TAKU INDIANS, SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1893; PL. 13, FIG. 640."Similar to E168157 (see remarks for that object), this Taku Tlingit object may originate with the Taku Tlingit of the Upper Taku River area of British Columbia.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected by Herbert G. Ogden in Alaska, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ? during 1893
- Received from Bureau Of American Ethnology on November 14, 1893
What
- Name
- Armor
- Identification Number
- E168158-0
- Type of Item
- armour
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Taku
- Field Collector
- Herbert G. Ogden
- Received from
- Bureau Of American Ethnology
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA ? or British Columbia, Canada ?
When
- Collection Date
- during 1893
- Acquisition Date
- on November 14, 1893
Other
- Accession Number
- 027509