Body armor protected a warrior’s chest and limbs and was typically made from hide and wood.  In this example, modeled after a traditional suit of Tlingit armor, numerous wooden slats are woven together with twine and leather straps.

2006
Wood, twine, leather
Tommy Joseph, Tlingit, Sitka Kaagwaantaan

Sealaska Heritage Institute Collection

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Body armor protected a warrior’s chest and limbs and was typically made from hide and wood.  In this example, modeled after a traditional suit of Tlingit armor, numerous wooden slats are woven together with twine and leather straps.

2006
Wood, twine, leather
Tommy Joseph, Tlingit, Sitka Kaagwaantaan

Sealaska Heritage Institute Collection

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This print depicts a Tlingit war party in a war canoe approaching an enemy village in the early nineteenth century.  These types of canoes were designed to shield against certain weaponry such as arrows.

Artist Bill Holm is internationally recognized as one of the foremost authorities on Northwest Coast, Plateau, and Plains Indian art and art history.  He has published many books including the classic work, Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form (1965).

1991
Archival ink, paper
Bill Holm

Sealaska Heritage Institute