Bindings
2003-43-57A
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 2003-43-57A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Nivkh |
Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
Culture Area | Siberia |
Section | American |
Materials | Velvet | Cotton | Silk |
Technique | Woven | Embroidered | Sewn |
Description | Two strips of cloth, possibly used as leg bindings, each with a machine woven tie of blue cloth with white Chinese character design attached to scalloped end. The bindings consist of three strips of alternating black and blue velvet, edged with narrow strips of red and orange cotton. The scalloped end is one large panel of black velvet on which scroll designs run along the strips of black velvet. Undyed cotton lining stained, some stains in the blue velvet strips. General surface dirt. |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1899.1.57 a-b - Other Number | 74-1-153 - Other Number |
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