Boat Model

2003-43-143

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-143
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Nanai | Orochi
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Wood | Birch Bark | Plant Fiber
Technique Carved | Folded
Iconography Boat
Description

Canoe of birch bark folded over a frame of bent splint wood; wooden gunwale nailed and lashed (with vegetable fiber twine) to either side of birch bark and frame.

Height 7 cm
Length 55.9 cm
Width 13 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.143 - Other Number | 378/17 - Other Number | 5 (Civic Center, 1957) - Other Number

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