Tipi lining

Museum number:
2-5583
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005583
Alternate number:
3811 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13 and Acc.88
Description:
Interior; painted with geometric designs in panels for 2/3 of height; red/yellow/blue/black paint; thong ties along 2 edges. Probably made from commercially tanned cowhide.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Blood
Collector:
Mrs. Freeman and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1903 and August 1901
Context of use:
Lining tied to tipi poles in interior to prevent drafts and provide ventilation.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 192 centimeters
Comment:
Made by: painted by women. Photo: 15-4402. Published: Ill. Indian and Eskimo Artifacts of N.A.; Chas. Miles; # 7.161; pg. 189.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tipi lining, accession number 2-5583, described as Interior; painted with geometric designs in panels for 2/3 of height; red/yellow/blue/black paint; thong ties along 2 edges. Probably made from commercially tanned cowhide.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tipi lining, accession number 2-5583, described as Interior; painted with geometric designs in panels for 2/3 of height; red/yellow/blue/black paint; thong ties along 2 edges. Probably made from commercially tanned cowhide.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tipi lining, accession number 2-5583, described as Interior; painted with geometric designs in panels for 2/3 of height; red/yellow/blue/black paint; thong ties along 2 edges. Probably made from commercially tanned cowhide.

Tools