Tipi cover

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Date created: 1850-1860

Culture/People: Assiniboine (Stoney)
Collector: Lieutenant Colonel James Dunlop Gemmill, Non-Indian, 1833-1929
Previous owner: Lieutenant Colonel James Dunlop Gemmill, Non-Indian, 1833-1929
Seller: Winifred Knight Gemmill, Non-Indian, 1880-1943
MAI agent: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957

Collection History: Collected in 1861 by Lieutenant Colonel James Dunlop Gemmill (1833-1929), a Canadian who lived in England at the end of his life; purchased by George Heye from James Gemmill's daughter Winifred Knight Gemmill (1880-1943) in London, England, in 1931.
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Place: Fort Garry; Interlake Region; Manitoba; Canada

See related items: Assiniboine (Stoney); Architecture/Housing

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 17/9662
Barcode: 179662.000

Object Type: Architecture/Housing

Object Name: Tipi cover
Media/Materials: Buffalo hide/skin, buffalo tail, paint
Techniques: Sewn, painted

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63f342430-2369-4eb1-af17-3e211d760bb2

Record ID: NMAI_191929