Cradle

Fragment

2003-43-293

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-293
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Wood
Technique Carved | Incised
Description

Section of a cradle, elaborately carved of wood; generally rectangular in shape with a shallow curved bowl running down center; the top of the wide end continues as a pierced projection; the bowl flattens at the narrow end and culminates in a pierced oval; a bell shaped incised design also decorates this end; small scroll-like carved projections decorate the side edges.

Length 43.8 cm
Width 10.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.293 - Other Number | 74-1-74 - Other Number | 545/7 - Other Number | P115 - Other Number | 220 - Other Number

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