House Model

2003-43-123

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-123
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Wood | Reindeer Hide | Paint
Technique Carved | Sewn | Painted
Description

Conical dwelling model; four hide aprons are draped as walls over fourteen slotted lodge poles laced together with a hide thong and spread in a circle; lodge poles are brace indentations in circular wooden plank base; the two lower aprons are pieced and decorated with a line scroll design painted in black; triangular flaps are sewn on inside.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.123 - Other Number

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