Armor

Armor

Object ID 0021

Armor, worn as a shirt. The shirt piece extends down to the waist. Attached to the back of the shirt and to the arm straps is a large flat back piece. From this backing, a flap extends around each side of the shirt. At the center of the end of each flap is a triangular loop made of rope wrapped similarly to the hems of the piece but with no design. Rope ties the flaps together, extending across the front of the shirt piece.

Oberlin College Ethnographic Collection (OCEC)

Unknown

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Gilbert Islands

String Twine Thread; Wood

Backpiece (sides): 88.5 cm; Shirtpiece (to neck): 40 cm
Backpiece (top): 47.5 cm; Shirtpiece: 32.5 cm; Armstraps: 9 cm
Shirtpiece: 24 cm

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Hoppin, Jesse

Oberlin College. Dept. of Anthropology