Tepee, Model
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Jun 1911
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. Allyn K. Capron
label: Collector
content: Mrs. Lillian Capron
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Allyn K. Capron
notes: label: Notes
content: Hide cover, band of red bordered with blue around bottom and top including ears, remainder yellow with blue spot at top. Row of feathers drawn around top. Figures of warriors scattered over cover. 42" (107 cm). (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: Notes
content: The drawings on the cover can be attributed to Silver Horn on the basis of style. Silver Horn was enlisted as a scout at Fort Sill, IT from 1891-1894. Capron arrived at Ft Sill in 1894, making that the likely date of production.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 26
place: label: Place
content: 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: 052933
label: USNM Number
content: E270073-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tipi Model