. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Wooden and Leather Body Armor. Fig. 52. Jerkin. Of two thicknesses of moose iiide. Worn under the armor(sliovvn in Fig. 53) as an additional protection to the body. The leftside has an arm-hole; the right side is open, being secured by strapsunder the right arm. Cat. No. 130587, U. S. N. M. Tlingit Indians,Alaska. Loaned by Max B. Richardson. Fig. 53. Armor of Wooden Rods. Inside view of Fig. 43, Plate XIII, showingstraps by which it is secured around the waist. Cat. No. 49218, U. S. Tlingit Indians, Alaska. Collecte
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Wooden and Leather Body Armor. Fig. 52. Jerkin. Of two thicknesses of moose iiide. Worn under the armor(sliovvn in Fig. 53) as an additional protection to the body. The leftside has an arm-hole; the right side is open, being secured by strapsunder the right arm. Cat. No. 130587, U. S. N. M. Tlingit Indians,Alaska. Loaned by Max B. Richardson. Fig. 53. Armor of Wooden Rods. Inside view of Fig. 43, Plate XIII, showingstraps by which it is secured around the waist. Cat. No. 49218, U. S. Tlingit Indians, Alaska. Collected by John J. McLean. Report of National Museum, 1 888.—Niblack. Plate Wooden and Leather Body Armor. THE INDIANS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST. 271 mouth of the wearer, and is firmly gripped in the teeth to hold themask in place. Above this becket the mask is recessed or hollowedslightly, to give a clearance to the nose of the wearer. Altogether itmay be seen to be a very clumsy method of protecting the face. Otherkinds of masks were worn to protect the face in war, having the addi-tional objects of representing in their carved outlines the totem of thewearer, or, by their hideousness and grotesqueness, of striking terror tothe enemy by lending to the effect of their menacing gestures the ap-pearance of some superhuman being. Often these masks were so mas-sive as to be worn without helmets or head pieces. Straps or thongsof leather fasten them to the head, or a loop of cedar bark cord in thehollow side of the mask is held in the teeth. The ceremonial masks are carved from spruce or yellow cedar andare generally very elaborate, being highly colored in grotesque
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