Armor vest
- Museum number:
- 11-41138
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21110041138
- Description:
- “Armor” vest; rattan; coiled from edge to edge with heavy braided string arm’s eye. Length 41.5 cm, width 41.5 cm. Defensive clothing for warfare.
- Collection place:
- Star Mountains, Papua New Guinea
- Culture or time period:
- New Guinea, Papua Island
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Armor (protective wear)
- Function:
- 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
- Department:
- Oceania
- Loans:
- S1974-1975 #95: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Larry Michalak (April 28, 1975–May 2, 1975)
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