Sled
Model
2003-43-116
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2003-43-116 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Nivkh | Evenk |
| Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
| Culture Area | Siberia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Hide |
| Technique | Carved | Lashed |
| Description | Carved wooden model of a sled; runners curve up at front and are joined to a U-shaped crossbar. The bed consists of two boards supported by 3 H-shaped braces; the two wooden side rails, lashed to the H-shaped braces, are joined at the back by a U-shaped crossbar. Back board at rear. Front end open. A moveable U-shaped wooden frame attached to rails near first H-brace. Nearly the entire model is joined by hide and parchment lashings. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1899.1.116 - Other Number | 720 - Other Number |
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