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Kiribati warrior with coconut fiber armor and shark tooth spear, 1925?
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It "protects the neck and back of the head".
"The high headguard of the cuirass efficiently protected champions from hits from behind or stones thrown by auxiliaries."
Source: https://www.fg-art.org/en/artwork-of-the-month-archives/the-art-of-armour-in-kiribati
This reminds me of a back shield apparently used in some Iroquois wood armour that would similarly provide protection to the neck and head. I guess missiles from your own back-line guys is not an uncommon problem. Get me some of these warriors in the Total War games or Myth: TFL
Thanks for the link about the Iroquois armor, that was fascinating. Having those in TW would be great, though it's too bad we don't know more about their small-unit tactics and historical battles. I imagine they had "heavy infantry" as well as light archers, for example. I wonder if there was an intimidation factor to the back-shield as well, which worked in the same way as the bearskin hats of European grenadiers, to make them look larger.