Container

2003-43-86

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-86
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Orok | Nanai
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Birch Bark | Paint | Wood
Technique Folded | Appliqued | Painted | Sewn
Description

Rectangular container made of one piece of birchbark folded; top edge reinforced with additional strips of birchbark; entire container secured with wood splints sewn through front and back edges; small sticks anchor front and back lashings; front birchbark reinforcement cut in scallop design.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.86 - Other Number | 74-1-52 - Other Number

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