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Buffalo Picture Tipi of Never Got Shot
Not on view
This painted hide is a model of a tipi cover and likely depicts a young warrior’s spiritual encounter with supernatural animals. In the late nineteenth century, as the tradition of making tipi coverings began to disappear, anthropologist James Mooney documented more than forty-five of them as miniatures. Only a family member of the original warrior could grant him permission to reproduce an image. In this case, it was the daughter of the warrior named Never Got Shot.