Tobacco Container
2003-43-68.1
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2003-43-68.1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
| Culture Area | Siberia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Birch Bark | Metal | Hide |
| Technique | Sewn | Incised | Painted |
| Description | A small container of birchbark folded and sewn together; consists of two sections, a lid (.2) and bottom (.1), held together by a band of hide stained red; the bottom of the band is decorated with fringe; the top forms a loop handle on which two Chinese coins serve as a stop for the lid; an incised and painted (red and black) decorative band of birchbark has been applied to lower edge of container lid. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1899.1.68 - Other Number | 74-1-61 a-b - Other Number | E736 - Other Number |
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