Coat

2003-43-9

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-9
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Nivkhi
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Fishskin | Leather | Metal
Technique Appliqued | Tanned | Sewn | Painted
Description

Woman's coat in Chinese style; fastened along right hand side; consisting of strips of fishskin sewn together; collar, placket, and hem decorated with red and black painted strips; tooled brass discs attached with colored fishskin strips along upper hem; three metal spherical buttons with fishskin loops; backside of coat decorated with appliqued fishskin cut in a scrolled design; similar applique work on shoulders and upper sleeve.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.9 - Other Number | 74-1-110 - Other Number | 388/27 - Other Number

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