Boat Model
2003-43-148A
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2003-43-148A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
| Culture Area | Siberia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Birch Bark | Wood | Paint |
| Technique | Carved | Folded | Nailed | Painted |
| Description | Large canoe-like boat model of birch bark folded over wooden frame; sides taper to narrow and upturned bow and stern; the bow is decorated with appendage carved in scroll design; birch bark is folded over bow and stern; central open section is spanned by three thwarts; the center thwart is carved in a scroll design; much of the birch bark has been painted black. |
| Height | 11.5 cm |
| Length | 98 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 | 1899.1.148 - Other Number | P128 - Other Number | 516 - Other Number |
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