Armor
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: Aug 1841
name: label: Collector
content: Dr John McLoughlin
label: Collector
content: Lt. George F. Emmons
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: ARMOR OF WOODEN SLATS, WOVEN TOGETHER BY EMPLOYING EACH SLAT AS A WARP AND A TWO-PLY CORD AS THE WEFT, SINGLE TWINE METHOD. BLACK CORD IS USED TO FORM A DESIGN, THERE ARE FOUR PAINTED BANDS ON THE OUTER SURFACE AND THREE LEATHER THONGS FOR TYING THE FRONT TOGETHER. THE SLATS ARE SHORTER AT THE ARM HOLES AND THE SHOULDER PIECES ARE MADE OF LEATHER STRIPS WITH FUR. THE ARMOR HAS A NARROW COVERING OF HIDE ON THE UPPER AND LOWER EDGE, AND AROUND THE ARM HOLES. MARKS> WRITTEN ON ONE SLAT, "24928" - ›IN ERROR - SHOULD BE #2928. PUBLICATION: ILLUSTRATION IN USNM ANNUAL REPORT, 1893, PL. 14, P. 640. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1893; PL. 14, P. 640. ILLUS. HNDBK. OF N. AMER. INDIANS, VOL. 8, CALIFORNIA, FIG. 6, PG. 218. "RODS OF SPLIT BRANCHES WOVEN WITH HEMP CORD, EDGES BOUND WITH LEATHER, SHOULDER STRAPS OF FUR, DECORATED WITH 4 HORIZONTAL BANDS OF RED PAINT. BLACK CHECKERED PORTION ON BACK IS WOVEN WITH CORD OF HUMAN HAIR."
label: Notes
content: The Peale catalogue entry on this artifact (under number 330) indicates it was presented to the expedition by "Dr. McLaughlin" (sic, this is most likely Dr. John McLoughlin) of the Hon. HB Company (the Hudson's Bay Company), August 1842. The 1842 date appears to be in error, as the Wilkes Expedition was at Fort Vancouver, where McLoughlin was Chief Factor, in 1841.
label: Notes
content: Armor of this type is described on p. 249 of "Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition," Charles Wilkes, 1845, Vol. V.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 May 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: California (Northern) / Oregon Territory, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Shasta
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2928-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Armor
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 94 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 47 cm