Container
2003-43-88
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
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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