Sled

Model

2003-43-117

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-117
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Wood | Vegetable Fiber | Iron | Hide
Technique Carved | Lashed
Description

Carved wooden model of dog sled; runners curve up at each end to support the front and back crossbars; the bed consists of six narrow twigs and two rails running between the front and back crossbars and supported by three H-shaped braces which rise from the runners. A harness of hide and vegetable fiber twine with iron rings for the six dogs accompanies the model.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.117 - Other Number | 419/77 - Other Number | 74-1-121 - Other Number

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