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Re: Old-time tipi materials
« Reply #15 on: December 11, 2013, 08:16:16 am »
I'm sorry Slim,,,,,, what were you saying? What day is it? Wednesday? I'll probably have to return to work tomorrow. I guess I'll throw a tipi picture on here to keep with the topic of the thread.  This is the Cheyenne style tipi of a friend from Kansas.  CC
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« Reply #16 on: December 11, 2013, 12:49:02 pm »
Okay, better shots of sliders and whipping top. Looks more old-time this way. Ice is supposed to melt off later today. CC
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« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2013, 02:57:37 pm »
Whoever did the photography, tell her it's stunning!  Whoever she might be.  I'll bet the kids who played with those back in the day, had more fun than kids today!
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« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2013, 02:57:45 pm »
Quote from: tipi stuff on December 10, 2013, 01:48:04 pm
IsaacW, here is a photo of that pad saddle on a horse.  CC

Very cool, thanks!!!   I like the firmness, etc. of it compared to other reconstructions  I have seen!
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« Reply #19 on: December 13, 2013, 05:20:48 pm »
Mr Carter,

If you do not mind, what is that saddle stuffed with? 

Thank you,

Isaac
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« Reply #20 on: December 13, 2013, 07:10:10 pm »
Isaac,
Mine is stuffed with buffalo hair, but they were also stuffed with antelope hair and sometimes just grass. I would think you could stuff one with deer hair, though I have not seen a reference to it. Seems as if deer hair would be similar to antelope.  CC
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« Reply #21 on: December 13, 2013, 11:26:38 pm »
Ice gliders!!!  Cool! 

I used to work at Cross Ranch State Park up in North Dakota.  Just up the river a ways was a very old Mandan village site.  When it was excavated they found hundreds and hundreds of those buffalo rib ice gliders.  Many had incised lines on them, possibly to denote whose glider won a particular competition.  That whole area was one archeological site on top of another.  Downstream was the Mandan village site of Sanger.  The lodges there were rectangular instead of round, indicating they were some of the very earliest Mandan to arrive this far upstream. 

I wish I had the dates of possible occupation of the Ice Glider Village site for you, but it's been close to 25 years since I worked there.
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« Reply #22 on: December 14, 2013, 08:16:17 am »
Very cool info JW. I know the site you are talking about, but I've never been up to see any of those earth lodge sites. One of my buddies has a couple of incised gliders, and I keep thinking I should incise mine. I'll consider this the boost I need to get that done
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« Reply #23 on: December 14, 2013, 10:50:04 pm »
Being that I am interested in western Great Lakes stuff... Canadien and métis, I figure buffalo is good.... I also have a good 3 large bags of Buffy wool to use  ;D. Just need to get around to tanning the deer hide in the freezer so I can build the pad.  Heck, I really need to get another hide and meat.. And other parts in the freezer .  Tomorrow is that last day of season and I am really hoping for goodness with the new NW gun!
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« Reply #24 on: December 15, 2013, 04:59:21 pm »
There are lots of photos of nice looking Cree pad saddles. Some of them are very elaborately decorated.
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« Reply #25 on: December 15, 2013, 07:55:30 pm »
Indeed!  I have been collecting images for a couple years with this project in he the back of my head!  There is one that was in the Warnock collection, IIRC that was very nice with painting and quillwork... VERY Cree looking. 
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« Reply #26 on: December 16, 2013, 10:50:47 am »
Here is the one I mentioned... likely my all time favorite!
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« Reply #27 on: December 16, 2013, 07:50:43 pm »
Isaac, that is a beauty! I hadn't seen this one before. Lots of nice quillwork on that thing!
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« Reply #28 on: December 21, 2013, 01:51:07 pm »
Rainy day here today. Thought I would post a couple of photos that a guy took of my tipi this summer.
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« Reply #29 on: December 21, 2013, 03:17:25 pm »
Very nice!!  Brain overload!!
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