Tipi
Arts of the Americas
MEDIUM
Buffalo hide, sinew, wood
DATES
2010
DIMENSIONS
120 x 120 in. (304.8 x 304.8 cm) without poles
ACCESSION NUMBER
2011.33.1
CREDIT LINE
Brooklyn Museum Collection
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
This is a buffalo hide tipi made as a replica of the Lakota type of tipis used around the first half of the 19th century.
Furnishings for inside the tipi are: a buffalo hide and a backrest made from wood and wood branches. see TL2010.88.2 and .3.
Other furnishings include:
tipi poles (19) approximately 16 1/2 feet long
lacing pins (13) approximately 16 inches long x 1/4 inch diameter
Stakes- (24) 11" x 1 1/4 diameter (without bolts to afix to a platform)
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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