Tlingit armour plated with Chinese coins that date from 1662-1736. From modern day Sitka, southern Alaska. It is thought the Tlingit received Chinese coins in trade from Boston sea merchants in exchange for sea otter pelts, according to the American Museum for Natural History.
They also had knives, daggers, and short swords, already aware of iron and steel and basic forging methods when first known contact w/europeans was made, likely due to shipwrecks, at least largely. Much more info + pics here: warriorpublications.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/kni…
mfw I'm getting stabbed
This pic goes insanely hard: “The man holding the dagger is Gusht’eiheen (Spray Behind the Dorsal Fin) of the Killerwhale House of the Dakl’aweidí Clan in Angoon. The dagger he is holding was made by a man named Kucheesh, from a meteorite that fell near Klukwan...
...When it’s brought out in public the words to announce its arrival are 'This came to us from the sky.'" Full description: