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Miniature leather tipi with painted blue designs on a square wooden base / Unknown

Curatorial Remarks

This tipi was likely created to sell commercially.

Tags: tipi, toy, miniature, souvenir
People: Plains Tribes
Places: Plains
Purpose: commercial sale

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Miniature leather tipi with painted blue designs on a square wooden base
Creator(s): 
Unknown
Culture: 
Native American; Plains
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
hide, wood, pigment
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
84.933
Previous Number(s): 
8427.933
Department: 
Not On View

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