Tipi model

Museum number:
2-4912a-oo
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21024912a@2doo
Alternate number:
97 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
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.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Kiowa and Southern Plains tribes
Maker or artist:
Silver Horn
Collector:
Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection date:
1876-1897
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Models (concepts)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 114.3 centimeters and height 65.5 centimeters
Comment:
Small shield attachment nearly identical to outside cover of Comanche shield #2-4867D." Exhibited: UCLMA, Plains Indians, 1971; Library case 11/78-2/1/79. References: Peterson, Karen Daniels, Plains Indian Art from Fort Marion, Norman, University of Oklahoma, 1971. Color Plate 6: By (Ohettoint) Kiowa, 1893-98, "Tipi with battle pictures," page 85. Per Michael Cowdrey: "This is a model of the famous Kiowa "Tipi with Battle Pictures," painted by the renowned, Kiowa artist---and informant for the collector, Gen. Hugh Scott---Silverhorn. The same artist illustrated Scott's important paper on the Kado, or Kiowa Sun Dance. See Candace Greene's recent publication on Silverhorn, for comparison images of the artist's style; and John C. Ewers', Tipis in the Round, for more on this historic tipi pattern.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #79: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (March 18, 1965–August 6, 1965), S1979-1980 #32: Merritt College/Maurice Wolfe (January 14, 1980–May 6, 1980), and S1999-2000 #12: The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art (April 3, 2000–June 30, 2000)
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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