Armor
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Aug 1892
label: Collection Date
content: 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Harrison R. Thornton
label: Donor Name
content: World's Columbian Exposition
notes: label: Notes
content: From typed catalogue card: "153491-2 illus. in USNM AR, 1893; Pl. 2, figs. 1, 2; p. 632. ..." From late 19th or early 20th century exhibit label pasted over original handwritten catalogue card: "Plate Armor. - Made of three rows of ivory plates, averaging one inch in width and six inches in length. Each plate contains six holes, through which pass rawhide thongs, thus lashing the plates together. These plates are slightly imbricated, as are also the different rows, so as to ward off more effectually the weapons of the enemy. The lower contains forty-three plates and the middle thirty-eight. the upper row consists of two sections; one containing ten plates and protecting the breast, the other eight, and protecting the upper part of the back. A rawhide strap passes over the shoulders and supports the armor. ... Length, when open, 3 ft. 8 in. Eskimo of Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, 1892. Collected by H. R. Thornton." Note, original handwritten catalogue card, which may be viewed by lifting up exhibit label glued over it, lists collection date as 1891, and identifies the ivory as walrus ivory and the rawhide as seal hide.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cape Prince Of Wales, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 026018
label: USNM Number
content: E153491-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Armor