Container
2003-43-87
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2003-43-87 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
| Culture Area | Siberia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Birch Bark | Paint | Wood | Plant Fiber |
| Technique | Folded | Appliqued | Painted | Sewn |
| Description | Rectangular container made of one piece of birchbark cut, folded, and secured with wooden splints; front and sides decorated with appliques of birchbark stained brown and black and cut into a double ogee design; side applique secured with vegetable fiber; back edge further strengthened with birchbark bands attached with wooden splints. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1899.1.87 - Other Number | 74-1-52 - Other Number |
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