Chukchi armor
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| Weapon type: | Protective weapon |
| Designations: | Chukchi armor |
| Use: | armor |
| Region of origin / author: |
Siberia , Chukchi Peninsula , ethnic groups from Siberia |
| Distribution: | Chukchi Peninsula |
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A Chukchi Armor is a protective weapon on the Chukchi Peninsula.
description
A Chukchi Armor is a version of the Koryak Armor . It consists essentially of the same materials as these and also has almost the same structure. The biggest difference, however, is that it does not have bone armor, but is made entirely of leather. Instead of bones, the Chukchi armor has a kind of ring-shaped skirt made of seal skin . The leather is stretched onto a round frame made of wood or bone and tied with leather strips. The seven rings grow larger from the hips to the feet. The back shield is made up of several parts instead of a large piece of leather, as is the case with Koryak armor, and the ends are angular instead of rounded. It is also used to repel spears , arrows and other projectiles. Since the leather rings are flexible, the bullets lose their penetration power.
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 (reprint), page 54.
- ↑ David E. Jones: Native North American armor, shields, and fortifications. University of Texas Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-292-70170-0 , pages 152-154.
literature
- Intern. Society for Ethnography, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden, International archives of ethnography, Volume 9, PWM Trap Publishing House, 1896.
Web links
- forensicfashion.com , accessed January 26, 2017.