Papua New Guinea rattan armor
| Papua New Guinea rattan armor | |
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon, breastplate |
| Designations: | Papua New Guinea rattan armor, New Guinee Cane Armor |
| Use: | armor |
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Papua New Guinea , ethnic groups from New Guinea |
| Distribution: | Papua New Guinea |
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The Papua New Guinea rattan armor is a protective weapon from Papua New Guinea .
description
The Papua New Guinea rattan armor is made from rattan fibers . The rattan strands are split open and the resulting fibers are spun into thin threads . The threads are twisted into ropes and sewn together in the shape of the armor pieces. These individual parts are then put together to form the tank.
The armor covers the abdomen, chest, sides and back. At the front, the breastplate can be tied to match; it is open at the top towards the head and allows arm freedom. The back is elongated to protect the head from blows and projectiles, so most bullets hit the buttocks and calves.
Armor made of coconut fiber material and also raised back of the head protection can be found in Kiribati .
literature
- Sylvia Schaffarczyk : Australia's Official Papuan collection: Sir Hubert Murray and the how and why of a colonial collection . In: reCollections: Journal of the National Museum of Australia. Vol. 1, No. 1, 2006, pp. 41-58.
- Stuart Kirsch : Reverse anthropology: indigenous analysis of social and environmental relations in New Guinea. Stanford University Press , Stanford, California 2006, ISBN 0-8047-5342-3 , p. 227.
- Maureen Anne MacKenzie : Androgynous Objects: String Bags and Gender in Central New Guinea. 2nd Edition. Harwood Academic Publishers, Chur 1998, ISBN 90-5702-270-2 , p. 9 ( limited preview in Google book search)
- Frank Tiesler : The cuirass of New Guinea. In: Treatises and reports of the Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden. Museum, Dresden, Vol. 41, 1984, pp. 46-85.
See also
Web links
- Papua New Guinea rattan armor at Jane Resture
- Papua New Guinea rattan armor in the National Museum of Australia
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Frank Tiesler: The cuirass of New Guinea. In: Treatises and reports of the Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Dresden. Dresden, Vol. 41, 1984, p. 70.
- ^ George Cameron Stone , A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration, and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times: Together with Some Closely Related Subjects. Southwork Press, Portland, Maine 1934, p. 66. (Reprint: Dover Publications, Mineola, New York 1999, ISBN 0-486-40726-8 , limited preview on Google Book Search )