Culture or time period: Plains and Prairie tribes / Maker or artist: Silver Horn - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Tipi model, accession number 2-4912a-oo, described as Buckskin tipi model; attached replica of shield; horsehair; feathers; painted with designs of war scenes, coup signs, other symbols. Original field catalog entry: "Tepee, complete." A) painted buckskin with shield; paintings consist of men's heads, feathered spears, men on horseback; paint is black, yellow, and orange; shield is buckskin over rawhide with yellow background and green dot decoration; attached feathers and animal hair bundle tied with red cloth; shield is tied to tipi with buckskin; the top of the tipi is sewn with sinew. B) is the center pole C-Q) are the supporting sticks in light weight wood; R) is a dyed yellow stick U) is 3 yellow sticks bound with buckskin; V) is a modeled feathered spear which is wood with black feathers and yellow dyed buckskin, the point is dyed green; W-II) are 13 tipi stakes; jj-oo: are 6 tipi flap pegs.