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 card: "153491-2 illus. in USNM AR, 1893; Pl. 2, figs. 1, 2; p. 632." From late 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "Plate Armor. - Fragment - consisting of nine iron plates, similar to those in Japanese armor, bound together with three lashings of raw-hide. This specimen was dug up in a bog at Cape Prince of Wales, near where the ivory armor (no. 153,491) was obtained. Length of each plate, 4 3/4 in.; width, 1 1/2 in. 1892. Collected by H. R. Thornton."
label: Notes
content: In 2011, this object was found mixed in with E127029-0, also fragmentary iron plate armor. It was identified based on matching it to the catalogue description and to the photo in USNM AR 1893, Pl. 2, fig. 2, p. 632.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 026018
label: USNM Number
content: E153492-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Armor
physicalDescription: label: Width - Object
content: 29.4 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 12.5 cm