Leather Cuirass Armor
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1875
label: Collection Date
content: 1875
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SKIN ARMOR:--MADE OF THREE LAYERS OF TANNED HIDE, HARDENED. TWO LAYERS ARE FORMED BY FOLDING AND THE THIRD IS INSERTED BETWEEN THEM. IN GENERAL SHAPE IT IS THAT OF A WAISTCOAT, WITH COLLAR SEWED ON WITH THONGS, BUT NOT FORMED OF PIECES LIKE THE SIMILAR ARMOR. FASTENED IN FRONT WITH 4 LAPPETS AND SAILORS' BUTTONS OF BRASS. ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS A LOOP OF BUCKSKIN, PROBABLY FOR THE DAGGER, HEIGHT, 23 INCHES. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1893; PL. 21, FIG. 2; P. 644. LOANED TO THE S.I. CENTENNIAL COMM. 7-9-75. LOAN RETURNED FEB 9 1989."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Baranof Island / Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004126
label: USNM Number
content: E18927-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Armor
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 58 cm