Central Plains Pictorial Miniature Wood and Hide Tipi

Description:

Central Plains Pictorial Miniature Wood and Hide Tipi, Lakota, c. last quarter 19th century, mounted on a round wood base (a piece now missing),painted with a courting scene, two male riders hunting buffalo with bow and arrows, a wounded buffalo, and multicolored geometric devices at the flaps, perimeter, and down the front, door flap decorated with white-center red, greasy yellow, and dark transparent blue beads, the wood framework with hide lashing near the top, remnant quill-wrapped tipi decorations, ht. 20 1/2, dia. 14 in.

Provenance: Wistariahurst Museum, collected on a reservation by General Mott Hooton in the 19th century.
Estimate $10,000-15,000

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