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: Bird Picture tipi model (Guatodoguat). Unpainted with rainbow bands in green, yellow, red and blue near bottom and top, row of green dots outlined in black above upper rainbow, row of birds of prey, two with snakes in beaks, above lower rainbow, right side of midsection covered with green, four pointed stars, and a bat, left side with variety of birds, dragon flies, and bat. Horsehair tuft at back. Unpainted hide door. Poles tipped with red flannel streamers. 53" (134 cm). Records: Dreamed by Gaapiatan, who first made it in 1868. Mooney says model has several errors. Informant: Gaapiatan. Model by Tama. (C). Associated names: Gaapiatan; Tama. (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: E245021-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tipi Model