A BLACKFOOT TIPI, OBTAINED IN MONTANA, 1903 



The interior shows the family life of a Blackfoot Indian. The man and women are "engaged in house- 

 hold tasks, a tobacco board and pipe are in place for guests; on the family altar, just back of the fire, some 

 incense may be seen burning as a religious rite. Tipis were originally made of buffalo hide, but this animal, 



having 1 practically exterminated, they are now made of duck or cotton cloth. This tipi was made about 



1874 and used for more than a year by Heavy-runner, a noted Blackfoot Indian 



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