Tipi liner

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Date created: circa 1860

Culture/People: probably Yanktonnai Nakota (attributed)
Artist/Maker: attributed to Black Chicken (Siyo Sapa/Sayosapa/Black Prairie Chicken), Yanktonnai Nakota, ca. 1845-ca. 1903
Collector: Amanda Cory Forbes (Amanda Brewer Cory Forbes/Mrs. William H. Forbes), Non-Indian, 1833-1915
Previous owner: Amanda Cory Forbes (Amanda Brewer Cory Forbes/Mrs. William H. Forbes), Non-Indian, 1833-1915; Helen M. Patterson, Non-Indian, 1881-1966
Donor: Helen M. Patterson, Non-Indian, 1881-1966

Collection History: Collected circa 1864 by Amanda Brewer Cory Forbes (1833-1915), whose husband William Henry Forbes was the Indian agent at Fort Totten; inherited by her granddaughter Helen M. Patterson (1881-1966); donated to MAI by Helen Patterson in 1943.
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Place: Fort Totten, Spirit Lake Reservation (Devils Lake Reservation); Benson County; North Dakota; USA

See related items: Yanktonnai Nakota; Architecture/Housing

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 20/6276
Barcode: 206276.000

Object Type: Architecture/Housing

Object Name: Tipi liner
Media/Materials: Cotton cloth
Techniques: Painted
Dimensions: 89 x 263 x 89 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6619ded3f-667d-4a68-9ed2-68eb454af924

Record ID: NMAI_220358