Tipi Liner/Wall Cover [NMAI #025997]
Peggy White WellKnown Buffalo
Description:
Large beaded and quilled canvas tipi wall liner/cover. Horizontal yellow, blue, and red lines cover the canvas. Hanging ornaments adorn the top of the liner.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Date of Creation:
1900-1910
Physical Details:
Media/Materials: Canvas, animal hoof/hooves, glass bead/beads, thread, porcupine quills
Techniques: Sewn, lazy/lane stitch beadwork, quill-wrapped (flat)
215 x 267 x 215 cm
Catalog Number:
NMAI Cat. #025997
External Links:
Provenance:
National Museum of the American Indian: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Fred R. Meyer (1874-1939, an amateur photographer who traveled widely in the West) and possibly collected by him; purchased by MAI from his widow Hattie M. Meyer (1886-1971) in 1939.
Citation:
Canvas Wall Cover. National Museum of American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (Cat. #025997). Video by Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo and Susie Kelly, 2005.
Creators:
Peggy White Wellknown Buffalo Susie Kelly
Keywords:
1900-1910
Beadwork
Glass Beads
Lazy/lane stitch
Quill-wrapped (flat)
Tipi
Wall Cover
Animal Hoof
Canvas
Hoof
Liner
Quilled
Tipi Liner
Yellow
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Color images
Hooves
Photograph
Red
Video
image
Architecture
Cover
Housing
Porcupine quills
Sewn
Wall
material-culture