Container
2003-43-82
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2003-43-82 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
| Culture Area | Siberia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Birch Bark | Paint | Leather | Wood |
| Technique | Cut | Incised | Appliqued | Paint |
| Description | Cylindrical birchbark container; upper and lower rims formed by several layers of wood strips bound by wood splints; cylinder formed by a continuous band of brown birchbark; inner surface lined with a strip of white birchbark; decorative band (9.5 cm wide) of black cut-out birchbark applique applied to outer surface of the container; stylized scrollwork is main design element of this band; curvilinear incising appears on the birchbark near the upper and lower rims of the container; leather thong handles attached to opposite sides of the container. |
| Height | 16 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1899.1.82 - Other Number |
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