Armor suit, part of Chukchi warrior’s costume.
Chukchee
Far East Krai, Kamchatka Okrug, Anadyr district
конец XIX века
Leather: natural leather (reindeer); leather: natural leather (larga seal); bone
РЭМ 4859-18
It consists of 9 light and 2 brown double strips of dressed seal skin stitched with leather strings along the edges. The strips are arranged circle-wise top-bottom (from smaller to larger ones), and joined with leather strings between them and on the back at six points. Attached with strings to the uppermost strip is a thick rectangular leather plate to protect the chest against blows and arrows. It was worn over a fur upper garment. Abstract by V.V. Gorbacheva Abstract by V.V. Gorbacheva
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