House Model
2003-43-123
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
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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