Tipi-Model
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Mar 1904
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. James Mooney
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: Star Picture tipi model (Tandoguat). White band down center and around sides. Right side red with white diamonds and Maltese cross, left side blue with white spots and Maltese cross, green spot at center top. Horsehair tuft at back. Hide door painted red. 53" (135 cm). Records: Rows of diamond shapes represent "stars," the red and blue sides represent, respectively, day and night. There is a green sun at the top back. Informants: Gaapiatan, Gunai. (C). Associated names: Atomkoma; Tenehadal; Ansohenti; Gunai; Gaapiatan. (from Merrill, William L. et al. 1997. A Guide to the Kiowa Collections at the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, no. 40. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kiowa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 042431
label: USNM Number
content: E245016-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tipi Model