642 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



The shoulder guards were worked out of the hide at the left arm- 

 hole or added over one or both shoulders. On the front are one or two 

 loops of buckskin, probably for the attachment of the bow and quiver 

 or dagger. 



On the right side the armor was usually fringed, and m some cases 

 a band of lighter skin was sewed along the same side. This baud was 

 often decorated. 



To the southward the coat seems to become longer and simpler in 



outline (pis. 18, 19). * 



of fire arms. Width; 21 inches ; l&ngth, 28 inches. (Cat. No. 130587, U.S.N.M". Tlingit 

 Indians, Alaska. Lent by Max B. Richardson. ) 



Fig 2, skin armo?-.— Made of tanned hide; two thiclcnesses; sewed along the upper 

 edge. The "swallowtail" portion is reinforced with two extra thicknesses, making 

 four in all. The coat is very heavy. The .sewing is done with sinew. Width, 25 

 inches; height, 33 inches. (Cat. No. 60239, U.S. N.M. Tlingit Indians, Alaska. Col- 

 lected by .T. J. McLean.) 



Plate 17, skin armor. — Made of one piece of heavy elk skin apparently smoke- 

 tanned, lined inside with another piece sewed around the lower portion. Ample 

 cuts for arm holes. Over the left shoulder is fastened an epaiiliere, made of a heavy 

 piece of folded hide. For convenience in putting on or off the armor, the baud over 

 the right shoulder is buttoned over a wooden toggle. Fastened with thongs on the 

 right side. Two loops in front are probably for the bow. Width, 20|^ inches ; height, 

 29 inches. (Cat. No. 60240, U.S.N.M. Tlingit Indians, Alaska. Collected by J. J. 

 McLean.) 



* DESCRIPTION OF PLATES 18 AND 19. 



Plate IS, Fig. 1, skin armor. — Front view. Made of very heavy hide, with cor- 

 rugated appearance, single thickness. A strip of lighter leather, cut from a 

 painted garment, has been sewed to the left side. A double shoulder protector has 

 been sewed to the left side of the neck opening, and the skin has been cut and 

 enlarged by gussets to protect the right shoulder. A slit cut in the skirt of the coat 

 admits of free movemeut of the knee. The fringe is wrapped with strips of grass, 

 tied, by thongs, on the left side. 



Fig. 2, skin armor. — Rear view of armor. Curiously, this armor must have been 

 ■worn by a left-handed man, as it is put on in the reverse of the other coats described. 

 Width, 30 inches ; height, 37A inches. (Cat. No. 130588, U.S.N.M. Alaska. Lent by 

 Max B. Richardson.) 



Plate 10, Fig. 1, skin armor. — Made of tanned caribou skin folded in the usual way 

 ami reinforced. Fringed on the right side. The coat is longer than those worn to the 

 North. The leather has apparently been stiffened with glue. The feature of this 

 coat is that two very heavy pieces of hide go over the shoulders and form a slit in 

 front of the neck. The buckskin loops in front are for the attachment of the quiver. 

 Width, 32 inches; height, 37 inches. (Cat. No. 46464, U.S.N.M. Chilcat Indians, 

 Alaska. Collected by Dr. T. H. Bean.) 



Fig. 2, skin armor. — Made of thick tanned elk or moose skin folded twice into 

 oblong form like a sheet of note paper. Sewed over the shoulders and strengthened 

 inside by hinge pieces. Open along right side the edges cut into coarse fringe. A 

 short slit down left side below the shoulder leaves a passage for the left arm. 

 About midway near the right side is fastened a wooden toggle, by which, probably, 

 was suspended the dagger. The front of the coat is discolored and dented as though 

 an attempt had been made to render the leather more dense by hammering. The 

 leather has perhaps also been treated with glue, as described by Father Morice among 

 the Tinnd. Inside the armor at the back is a finely drnwn and painted totem in a 

 circle lOi inches in diameter. Width, 26 inches ; height, 36 inches. (Cat. No. 168159, 

 U.S.N.M. Taku Indians, Southeastern Alaska. Collected by Herbert G. Ogden.) 



