Container

2003-43-88

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-88
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Birch Bark | Paint | Wood
Technique Folded | Cut | Appliqued | Painted | Sewn
Description

Rectangular container made of one piece of birchbark, folded and secured with wooden splints which in turn are anchored to wooden sticks along the front and back sides; the front and sides are decorated with an applique of birchbark painted black and cut and incised in a scroll design.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.88 - Other Number | 74-1-51 - Other Number

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