Snowshoe
2003-43-151B
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2003-43-151B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
| Culture Area | Siberia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Hide | Fur | Birch Bark |
| Technique | Carved | Glued | Sewn |
| Description | Pair of carved wooden skis (stained, painted) tapering to a point at each end; lined with pieced animal fur which folds onto top edge forming one half inch border; piece of birchbark rounded at front end and pointed at back attached to top center indicates foot placement; lashes of hide with wooden pegs are attached through two holes at center. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1899.1.151 a/b - Other Number |
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