Tlingit coin armour

Description

Cuirass body armour, fabricated from walrus hide, string and Chinese yuan coins dating 1800-1830. donated to NMAI by Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), 1929.

Physical location
National Museum of the American Indian, 16/8287
Keywords
Tlingit
Armour
coin
cuirass
hide
leather
Skin
string
walrus
warfare
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
warobjects094
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