Fetish
2003-43-285
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 2003-43-285 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
Culture Area | Siberia |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Paint | Hide |
Technique | Carved | Painted |
Description | Carved wooden semi-human figure; with winglike back, chest two arms with hands slanted inward; legs carved in a single piece with two feet; hide string attached underarms and knotted to allow hanging from behind; back, neck and head painted black; back gouged out in several spots for feather-like(?) effect. |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1899.1.285 - Other Number | 74-1-99 - Other Number | 191 - Other Number |
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