Tipi cover
- Date created
- circa 1910
- Culture/People
- probably Kainai (Kainah/Blood) [Gleichen, Alberta] (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Philip Backfat, Sr., Siksika Blackfoot, 1874-1954
- Alphonse Sleigh (Eagle Ribs), Siksika Blackfoot
- Fred Big Tobacco, Kainai (Kainah/Blood) [Gleichen, Alberta]
- Pawel M. Raczka, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Carlyn Ring, Non-Indian
- Collection History
- Formerly owned by Philip Backfat Sr. (Siksika Blackfoot, 1874-1954); transferred to Alphonse Sleigh (Eagle Ribs, Siksika Blackfoot) before 1938; transferred to Fred Big Tobacco (Kainai [Blood], Gleichen, Alberta) in 1960; inherited by Big Tobacco's wife upon his death in the early 1970s; purchased from her by Pawel M. Raczka (Sun Valley, Idaho); purchased by Carlyn Ring from Pawel Raczka; donated to NMAI by Carlyn Ring in 2006.
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- Place
- Siksika Reserve; Alberta; Canada
- See related items
- Kainai (Kainah/Blood) [Gleichen, Alberta]
- Kainai (Kainah/Blood) [Gleichen, Alberta]
- Architecture/Housing
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 26/5460
- Barcode
- 265460.000
- Object Type
- Architecture/Housing
- Object Name
- Tipi cover
- Media/Materials
- Cotton canvas, paint
- Techniques
- Sewn, painted
- Dimensions
- 521 x 150 x 526 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_281687