Model

2003-43-128

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-128
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Wood | Metal | Paint
Technique Carved | Painted | Nailed
Description

Square building model of traditional log construction framed doors centrally located in front and back; each carry wooden door attached with metal hinges; small window opening on each side; peaked roof of wood carved to resemble overlapping planks resting on five main horizontal beams; building attached at rear to wooden base and can be lifted to reveal factory fittings for shaving whole logs to remove sheets of bark; miniature sled stack of bark sheets and pile of lumber sit on base in front of building model.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.128 - Other Number | 74-1-122 - Other Number

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