Leather Armour

Description

Painted leather armour, fashioned from singular piece of hide, folded over from left side and fringed at left for opening. Bear crest painted on front, denoted by short muzzle and large nostrils.

Physical location
National Museum of the American Indian #1/6718
Keywords
Tsimshian
Armour
bear crest
hide
leather
painted
Skin
Tunic
warfare
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
warobjects016
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Copyright owner(s)

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