"Blackfeet Tipi Installation" Exhibition
Brooklyn Museum
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In preparation for the Tipi: Heritage of the Great Plains exhibition, the Brooklyn Museum has assembled a large-scale Blackfeet Welcome Tipi. The Tipi cover was painted by Lyle Heavy Runner for the Brooklyn Museum and visitors will be invited to enter this Tipi.
Tipi facts:
The Tipi cover weighs over 300 pounds and each pole (made of pine wood) weighs about 50 pounds. The diameter is about 24 feet and the Tipi is 27 feet tall.
[Image: Image: Lyle Heavy Runner (Blackfeet, b. 1958), design owner and painter. Naomi Crawford (Blackfeet, b. 1935), tipi maker, 2010. Blackfeet Tipi, 2010. Great Falls, Montana. Canvas, latex paint, wood. 27 feet high X 24 feet diameter. Commissioned for the exhibition, Brooklyn Museum. Photo: Brooklyn Museum]
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Schedule
from February 18, 2011 to March 11, 2011