Shaman's Kit

2003-43-264

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-264
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Nivkh
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Wood | Leather | Bone | Ivory | Coin
Technique Carved | Sewn
Description

Shaman's kit consisting of a hide thong belt to which two pouches are attached, a cylindrical container and two sheaths; one leather pouch has a flap pieced together in a scroll design which fastens to the front with a white button and hide loop; the other pouch has a cover with slides over on a hide strip and is secured at the top with three Chinese coins; one sheath is of leather pieced together in a scroll design; the other (now detached) is of two pieces of bone sewn together with a carved wooden tip; the cylindrical container is of a single piece of ivory with carved wooden plugs at each end; all these items are attached to the belt with hide strips.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.264 - Other Number | 74-1-158 - Other Number | 185 - Other Number

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