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Object Number 69-30-10/2057
Display Title Wooden armour
Descriptions
Inventory Description Breastplate, wood slats, joined with fiber cord/leather, leather shoulder straps
Classification
  • Shaft, modified
  • Breastplate
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tsimshian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Dimensions Overall: 51.9 x 35.3 x 2.3 cm (20 7/16 x 13 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 69-30-10/2057
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (10/01/1867-07/01/1868)
Donor Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1869)

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