Toy Tipi
(Crow), c.1960
Leather, wood, plume, glass beads
Eiteljorg Museum.Formerly in the collection of the Museum of Indian Heritage.87.47.10

Models
Imagine learning to set up your model tipi, and then one day making your own play-size tipi that you could sleep in. By playing with these realistic models and watching their parents use full-size ones, young boys and girls began to learn how to make and use the real thing.

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