Dakota model tipi

Titles: Dakota model tipi (Supplied title)

Description: A Dakota model tipi, circa the mid- to late 19th century. The tipi is made of unpainted leather with pinked edges surrounding an interior structure composed of wooden rods.

Dates

• Approximately 1860 - Approximately 1901 (Date range based on time Bishop Whipple spent in Minnesota working for various government commissions for Indian Affairs) (Creation)

Creation

• collected by: Whipple, Henry Benjamin
• made by (possibly): Magawasbewin

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1849

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of the Sibley House Association of the Minnesota Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 5 1/4 inches diameter
• 8 3/4 inches height

Subjects

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