Boat Model
2003-43-134
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2003-43-134 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
| Culture Area | Siberia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Paint |
| Technique | Carved | Painted |
| Description | Wooden flat bottom river boat model; the sides, each of a single plank, extend beyond the stern to support a flat (missing) and culminate at the other end in a sharply upturned bow; the bottom plank curves upward and extends beyond the bow as a small platform supporting a stylized bird; the interior and exterior of the bow area are painted with red and black scroll and quatrafoil designs; two thwarts span the hull; a hole is drilled through the center thwart to support a mast. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1899.1.134 - Other Number | 74-1-126 - Other Number | 377/11 - Other Number | 151 (Civic Center, 1957) - Other Number | P125 - Other Number |
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