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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.

Front section of Tlingit slat armour.

Back section of Tlingit slat armour.

Tlingit slat armour with bear crest displayed on torso and chest.

Tlingit slat and rod armour collected by Yuri Lysyansky in 1804-05 at Sitka.

Northwest Coast Warfare display depicting helmets slat and rod armour, visor and weapons.

Original photograph of the back of a slat armour vest and carved visor. Original artifact is housed at St. Petersburg's Museum of Anthropology & Ethnography.

Original photograph of the back of Tlingit battle armour, consisting of slats, rods for flexibility, leather and sinew. The original artifact is housed at St. Petersburg's Museum of Anthropology & Ethnography.

Body armour, fabricated from narrow wooden rods, fastened by black and white sinew of alternating patterning. The white string's weaving has worn away extensively.

Slat armour in fair condition, with weaving in exceptional condition, with weathering on extremities of rods and slats.

Monochrome photograph depicting wooden rod armour in two views.

Photo of Tlingit rod and slat armour. This specimen is in excellent condition, with little to no wear.

Mannequin dressed in rod armour, rod gauntlets, visor, helmet, and leather shirt.

Mannequin dressed in rod armour, rod gauntlets, visor, helmet, and leather shirt.