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Object Number 10-21-10/76432
Display Title Moose skin armor
Descriptions
Object Description moose skin armor
Inventory Description Hide vest, double leather, leather ties, shoulder strap with wood button
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Outerwear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Hide, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 75 x 62 cm (29 1/2 x 24 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76432
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1874)
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1874)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1910)

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