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: Black Star tipi model (Dokonkya). Black with green dot at center top surrounded by fringe. Five rows of white spots extending from top to bottom. Horsehair tuft at center back. Hide door painted black. 53" (135 cm). Records: The design of this tipi is symbolic of stars in the night sky. At upper back is a green sun with a buffalo skin fringe. Principal informants: Adalpepti, Aisiai. Model by Tsakai, probably the last owner. Illustrated in Ewers 1978: 38. (C). Associated names: Kynniyati; Kogoiananti; Tsakai; Adalpepti; Aisai. (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: 17 Jun 2025
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: E245010-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tipi Model