Armor; Cuirass
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: ARMOR VEST CONSTRUCTED OF TIGHTLY WOVEN COCONUT FIBER CORD. THE VEST HAS SIDE PIECES WHICH HAVE LOOPS FOR TYING AROUNG THE WAIST WITH A CORD. THE BACK HAS AN EXTENDED PIECE WHICH COMES UP BEHIND THE HEAD AND IS SUPPORTED BY TWO WOODEN POLES WHICH ARE COVERED W/ A DARK BLUE FABRIC WRAPPED IN COCONUT FIBER CORD. THERE IS A DIAMOND SHAPE DESIGN DONE IN A DARKER COLORED COCONUT FIBER AND HUMAN HAIR DOWN THE CENTER OF THE FRONT AND BACK. PUBLICATION: ILLUSTRATED IN THE "NARRATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION, 1838-1842, VOL. V, P. 79 AND P. 50; ALSO DISCUSSED AND ILLUSTRATED IN THOMPSON, "AUKS, ROCKS, AND THE OLD DINOSAUR," 1985, P. 62-65. THIS OBJECT WAS ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN THE PACIFIC HALL, N.M.N.H., BUT WAS REMOVED AND EXHIBITED IN "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "35" H., 15 1/2" W. 20" H. AT THE SHOULDER HEAVY CORD WOVEN VEST FOR AROUND THE CHEST, WITH AN EXTENSION RISING ABOVE THE HEAD."
label: Notes
content: This object was on display in the National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Objects of Wonder", 2017 - 2024.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Mar 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kiribati Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Gilbertese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3684-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Armor
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 39 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 88 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 30 cm