Container
2003-43-86
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
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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