This Stunning Outfit Is the Attire of a Yupik Warrior from Saint Lawrence Island, in the South of the Bering Strait

This stunning outfit is the attire of a Yupik warrior from Saint Lawrence Island, in the south of the Bering Strait. Early nineteenth century. The armour protecting the back is of sealskin; the parka, mittens, trousers and boots are of leather and reindeer fur.

Below: a Yupik military breastplate of leather and walrus-ivory plates.

From the collection of the Kunstkamera in Saint Petersburg

In general, the northern peoples made their clothing and various other accoutrements not only from the hides, leather and bones of land animals, but also from those of marine mammals and even fish. One need only recall the dress made of salmon skin