Object Number | 2003-43-152A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
Culture Area | Siberia |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Fur | Hide |
Technique | Carved | Glued | Sewn |
Description | Pair of carved wooden skis tapering off to an upturned point at front and to flat point at the back end; underside lined with pieced animal fur which folds over onto top edge forming an inch border; hide straps knotted through four holes at the center of each ski served as fasteners; hide fringe at tip of one ski. |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1899.1.152 a/b - Other Number |
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