Boat Model
2003-43-132
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2003-43-132 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Nanai | Orochi | Nivkh |
| Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
| Culture Area | Siberia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Paint | Metal |
| Technique | Carved | Painted |
| Description | A wooden, flatbottom river boat model of the Gilyak-Orochi tribes; the sides each of a single plank extend beyond the stern to support a flat and culminate at the other end in a sharply upturned bow; both the stern flat and bow are decorated with incising and black paint; three carved and painted thwarts span the hull; one carved rudder or oars accompany this model. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1899.1.132 - Other Number | 74-1-133 - Other Number | 369/8 - Other Number | 7 (Civic Center, 1957) - Other Number | 114 - Other Number |
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