Wooden Tipi Poles & Rawhide Coil
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1991
name: label: Donor Name
content: No Information
notes: label: Notes
content: 16 WOOD TIPI POLES. THESE POLES WERE USED TO SUPPORT TIPI CATALOG #E18900 WHEN IT WAS ON EXHIBIT IN NHB HALL 9, "PLAINS INDIAN TIPI" CASE (LECTUR 16). THIS CASE TAKEN DOWN 3/1998. NOTES IN EXHIBIT BOOK IDENTIFY THESE AS "TIPI POLES (PURCHASE 1956), BLACKFOOT, NO NUMBER." - F. PICKERING 4-14-1998. COIL OF RAWHIDE STRUNG FROM TIPI POLES FROM THE INSIDE COULD BE THE ONE REFERRED TO IN OLD INSTALLATION NOTES ".. THE ANCHOR ROPE, ALSO OF RAWHIDE, EXTENDING FROM THE CROSSING TO A PEG IN THE GROUND TO HELP IN HOLDING DOWN THE LODGE IN A HIGH WIND." WHEN THE TIPI WAS TAKEN DOWN, THE COIL WAS NOT ATTACHED TO ANY PEGS BUT WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE JUNCTION WHERE THE POLES CROSSED. NO NUMBER WAS FOUND WITH THE COIL AND SO IT WAS DECIDED TO ASSOCIATE IT WITH THE POLES. - D. NGUYEN 1-19-1999.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 May 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 17
place: label: Place
content: Plains, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 999999
label: USNM Number
content: ET15520-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tipi Pole / Line