Tlingit armor
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Tlingit armor, Inuit armor |
| Use: | armor |
| Region of origin / author: |
Alaska , Inuit and Tlingit ethnic groups |
| Distribution: | Alaska |
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A Tlingit armor also ( Inuktitut or Inuinnaqtun ) Kwakwaka'wakw is a protective weapon from Alaska.
description
A Tlingit armor is usually made of bone or wood . The bones of whales or walruses are sawn into oblong, rectangular strips and processed smooth and these individual parts are then connected to one another. They are put together in several layers and thus form a breastplate that is held on the shoulders with straps . This construction is flexible in itself and is tied at the back. Some versions are additionally covered with thin seal leather and thus form a kind of brigantine . In contrast to metal armor, armor is relatively light and can be made from materials that are readily available to the Inuit and Tlingit .
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, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 , page 67.
- ↑ David E. Jones: Native North American armor, shields, and fortifications. University of Texas Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-292-70170-0 , page 153 f.
literature
- Ernest S. Burch, Werner Forman: The Eskimos, Echoes of the ancient world. University of Oklahoma Press, 1988, ISBN 978-0-8061-2126-0 , 37.