Leg Armour

Photographer: MacDonald, George F.
Description

Tlingit war greave, fabricated from seine twine, wooden slates and rods. Adorned with painted formline at flanks of greaves, possibly a whale or other aquatic life-form.

Physical location
Smithsonian Institution (National Museum of Natural History)
Keywords
Tlingit
Armour
cuirass
greave
rod
slat
warfare
Wood
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
warobjects007
Copyright
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Terms of use
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Copyright owner(s)

© George F. MacDonald.

Source/owner terms of use
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