File:Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (1888) (14576805920).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(1,772 × 2,960 pixels, file size: 2.72 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Description
English:

Identifier: annualreportofbo1888smiths (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
Year: 1846 (1840s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents United States National Museum. Report of the U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary
Subjects: Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution. Archives Discoveries in science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
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. N.M. Tlingit Indians, Alaska. Collected by John J. McLean. Report of National Museum, 1 888.—Niblack. Plate XV.
Text Appearing After Image:
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

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Date
Source

https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14576805920/

Author

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U.S. National Museum;

Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.
Volume
InfoField
1888
Flickr tags
InfoField
Flickr posted date
InfoField
28 July 2014


Licensing

[edit]
This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
  1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
  2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
  3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
  4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.

More information can be found at https://flickr.com/commons/usage/.

Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Internet Archive Book Images at https://flickr.com/photos/126377022@N07/14576805920. It was reviewed on 13 October 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

13 October 2015

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current16:28, 13 October 2015Thumbnail for version as of 16:28, 13 October 20151,772 × 2,960 (2.72 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{information |description={{en|1=<br> '''Identifier''': annualreportofbo1888smiths ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&fulltext=Search&search=insource%3A%2Fannualreportofbo1888smith...

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Annual_report_of_the_Board_of_Regents_of_the_Smithsonian_Institution_(1888)_(14576805920).jpg&oldid=796222179"