640 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



U represent the part of one cord, and 2a and 26 represent those of another. The 

 view represents the upper left-hand corner of the weaving and two upper threads, 

 showing 7 rods in both plan and section. As stated, this method of running the 

 cords or twine is varied by occasionally running them in pairs. * 



Bands of rods of this character are intended to be worn under or 

 over the skin armor, encircling the body below the armpits, and there 

 are no shoulder straps to prevent the armor slipping down over the hips. 



To the southward the rod band assumes a more effective form. It is 

 cut out for the arms and has shoulder straps. Just where this form 

 begins it is not possible to say with exactness, probably witli the 

 Tinne. The specimens are from the Shastas, Hupas, and Klamaths of 

 Oregon and California (pis. 14 and 15). t 



The following references may be of interest: 



Western Tinnr: '-While on the warpath they also wore a kind of 

 armor or cuirass consisting of dried sticks of the same kind of wood, 

 Amelanchier alnifolia, arranged in parallel order and kept together 

 with babiche lines interlaced in several places. J 



The Chinooks wear "a kind of vest, made of small round sticks of 

 the size and shape of arrows 12 inches long; they are laid side by side, 

 and then sewed together and fixed on the body like a waistcoat."§ 



* The Indians of the Northwest Coast, Niblack, A. P. Report of Smithsonian Inst., 

 Part II, 1888, p. 269. 



t DESCRIPTIOX OF PLATES 14 AND 15. 



FJate 14, rod armor. — Made of 74 strips of wood formed by splitting branches, 

 woven with native cord of wild hemp. The checkered portion in black is woven 

 with cord made of human hair. Short rods are worked in below the armpits. All 

 the rods are split at either end, the finishing cords drawn into the split to secure 

 the weaving. In addition the armor is bound on the upper and lower edges with 

 skin sewed with sinew. The shoulder straps are of otter ( ?) fur. The surface of the 

 armor shows 4 horizontal bauds of red paint. Width, 38 inches; height, 30 inches. 

 (Cat. No. 2928, U. S. N. M. Shasta Indians, northern California and Oregon. Col- 

 lected by Lieut. G. T. Emmons, U. S. N.) 



Plate 15, fig. 1, rod armor {Klnig-klicyst-e-cue-it-tvnl). — Made of 118 peeled rods, 

 woven together with native twine, bound with buckskin on upper and lower edges 

 and armholes. Shoulder straps of leather; 6 horizontal stripes of red cord cross 

 the front of the coat. "It is tied across the breast from left to right. The red lines 

 denote the number of enemies slain or captives taken; also the rank of the wearer. 

 This class of armor was in common use among the Natanos and Keuuueks before the 

 introduction of firearms, but it is now obsolete, nearly. This is the only complete 

 suit that Lieut. Ray could obtain." (The Ray Collection, Smithson. Rept., 1886, 

 1, p. 230.) Width, 41 inches; height, 21 inches. (Cat. No. 126909, U. S. N. M. Huap 

 Indians, California. Collected by Capt. P. H. Ray, U. S. A.) 



Plate 15, fig. 2, rod armor {Tal-hick). — Modern. Made up of 44 oval rods of pin j 

 wood. The cord is of native hemp and cords made from sisal, the latter probably 

 derived from ropes. The weaving is diversified by using cords colored red and yel- 

 low; bound with buckskin painted red; shoulder straps of buckskin; tying straps 

 at the sides. Width, 38 inches ; height, 21 inches. (Cat. No. 2094, U. S. X. M. Kla- 

 math Indians, Oregon. Collected by L. S. Dyar.) 



tMorice, A. G., the Western D^nes. Proc. Cauad. Inst., Vol. xxv, 1889, p. 140. 



^ Ross, Alexander, adventures, etc., on the Oregon and Columbia rivers, Lond., 

 1849, p. 89. 



