Subject: x'igaa káa warrior
Culture: Tlingit
Setting: Russian warfare, Northwest Coast 1802-1867
Object: kēk-ke long hide armor, chlǔch-tschí-nē short hide armor, x'aan yinaa.at / kagis kageit hide & coin armor
* American Museum of Natural History > Hall of Northwest Coast Indians
"Body armor of moose hide.
The Chinese coins were for added protection and decoration."
* National Museum of the American Indian Heye Center > Listening to Our Ancestors
"The walrus-hide armor shown here incorporates Chinese coins -- evidence of Tlingit participation in the 19th century maritime fur trade with Canton, the largest market for North Pacific Coast pelts."
"X'aan yinaa.at (warclothes),
early 19th c.
Walrus hide, Chinese coins, vegetal fiber."
[NOTE: Listening to Our Ancestors 2005 (the published catalog for this exhibit) p164 caption names this display alternately as:
"KAGIS KAGEIT (armor) Early 19th c. Walrus hide and Chinese coins".]
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