Sled
Model
2003-43-117
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
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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