Fetish

2003-43-285

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-285
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Wood | Paint | Hide
Technique Carved | Painted
Description

Carved wooden semi-human figure; with winglike back, chest two arms with hands slanted inward; legs carved in a single piece with two feet; hide string attached underarms and knotted to allow hanging from behind; back, neck and head painted black; back gouged out in several spots for feather-like(?) effect.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.285 - Other Number | 74-1-99 - Other Number | 191 - Other Number

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