Object Number | 2003-43-110B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
Culture Area | Siberia |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Hide | Sealskin |
Technique | Carved | Painted |
Description | Pair of short carved wooden skis the bottoms of which are covered with sealskin; the sealskin is folded over the top leaving a 3/4" (2cm) lip around the top edge of the skis; a decorative black line is painted adjacent to the lip of the wooden surface; each end of the skis comes to a point; hide bindings are fastened to the center through four holes in each ski. |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 205 (Civic Center, 1957) - Other Number | 1899.1.110a/b - Other Number | N17 - Other Number |
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