House Model
2003-43-129
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 2003-43-129 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Ainu (uncertain) |
Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
Culture Area | Siberia |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Birch Bark | Vegetable Fiber | Iron |
Technique | Carved | Nailed | Braided | Folded |
Description | Model of a tee-pee like dwelling consisting of frames of carved wood sandwiching birch bark walls; attached to the major structure is a braided grass fiber material shaped by wooden ribs. |
Height | 27 cm |
Length | 53 cm |
Width | 22 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1899.1.129 - Other Number | 74-1-143 - Other Number |
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