Koryak armor
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Koryak armor |
| Use: | armor |
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Aleutian Islands , Alaska , Koryak and Eskimos ethnic group |
| Distribution: | Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Kamchatka |
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A Koryak Armor is an armor of Koryak and other peoples of the Aleutian Islands, Kamchatka and Alaska.
description
Korjak armor usually consists of seal leather and walrus or whale bones , as well as animal fur. The entire armor consists of a cap, jacket, pants, shoulder wrap, bracers, boots, gloves, a tank skirt and a back shield. The garments are made of leather and lined with fur on the inside to keep the wearer warm. The armored skirt consists of bone plates that are carved from the bones of the walrus or from whale bones. The bone plates are interconnected and arranged in rows. The bone armor extends below the knees . The bracers are also made of bone and are composed of several plates and are worn on both arms. The top of the hands is also protected by bone plates that are attached to the bracers. The most striking thing about the armor is the large back shield, which is made of leather and a wooden or bone frame. It is attached to the armor with leather straps and runs diagonally across the back. It partially covers the head and the back and is used to protect against projectiles such as stones and snares. The fishing snares were a popular and widely used fishing weapon among the peoples of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. The back shield prevented the snares from sliding over the head. There is a similar version that was worn by the Eskimos (see Chukchi armor ), but differs in important parts from this one.
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone, Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times, Courier Dover Publications, page 52, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726 -5
- ↑ David E. Jones, Native North American armor, shields, and fortifications , University of Texas Press, 2004, pp. 152-154, ISBN 978-0-292-70170-0
literature
- Alexia Bloch, Laurel Kendall, The museum at the end of the world: encounters in the Russian Far East , University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004, page 22, ISBN 978-0-8122-1878-7
- Jonathan Turk, In the wake of the Jomon: stone age mariners and a voyage across the Pacific , McGraw-Hill Professional, 2005, page 210, ISBN 978-0-07-144902-1
