Armor

33-37-672

From: United States of America | Alaska | Palu:Tat

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 33-37-672
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Prehistoric Eskimo
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Palu:Tat
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus "Mummies" cave at south end of island, D - surface
Section American
Materials Wood | Rawhide
Description

2 pieces of wooden slat armor. Tied together with rawhide leaving a space .2 or .3 wide. On the surface is a decorative line down each slat.

Length 24.5 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Credit Line Danish National / University Museum Expedition; Kaj Birket-Smith and Frederica de Laguna, 1933
Other Number X-1 - Field No SF

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