MODEL-TEEPEE

Description: YELLOW, RED, GREEN, BLUE. RECTANGULAR TAN FELT BASE. THREE BUFFALO DESIGNS ARE PAINTED ON TEEPEE - ONE ON EACH SIDE AND ONE ON THE FRONT, OPENING FLAP. THE BUFFALOS ON THE SIDES HAVE GREEN & RED SPOTS. THERE ARE RED & BLUE ZIG ZAG LINES AROUND BUFFALO ON FLAP. YELLOW DOTS AND A MOON ARE LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE TEEPEE. AN ELECTRICAL CORD AT THE BACK CONNECTS TO THE LIGHT BULB FIXTURE INSIDE THE TEEPEE. TWO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE LOCATED ON EACH SIDE OF THE TEEPEE. THERE ARE BLUE & WHITE HORIZONTAL STRIPES ON THEIR SLEEVES & BACK OF BUCKSKIN ATTIRE. THERE ARE DIAMOND SHAPED VERTICAL STRIPES DOWN THE FRONT OF THE MALE JACKET AND EACH SIDE OF HIS LEG. FEMALE FIGURE HAS 1-PIECE DRESS. EACH FIGURE HAS PONYTAIL. TEEPEE CONSISTS OF SEVERAL GREEN, RED, LIGHT BLUE, YELLOW, AND DARK BLUE HORIZONTAL STRIPES. SECURED TO BASE WITH WOOD STAKES, WITH BLUE RINGS. SMALL STONES AROUND TEEPEE'S CIRCUMFERENCE. 5-PEG TOP CLOSURE AND OFF-WHITE LEATHER OPENING FLAP.

History: KAINAI NATION. PURCHASED FROM CONRAD CHIEFBODY-MADE BY HIS SISTER IDA CHIEFBODY *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON THE DONOR, CONRAD CHIEF BODY, WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES ON HIS ARTWORK AND HIS OBITUARY. CONRAD CHIEF BODY, A MEMBER OF THE BLOOD TRIBE, WAS BORN IN 1937 AND MARRIED THERESA EARLY MORNING CALLER, THE DAUGHTER OF PERCY 'TWO GUN' PLAIN WOMAN, IN 1965. THEY RAISED THREE DAUGHTERS. CHIEF BODY WAS WELL KNOWN IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA AND MONTANA FOR HIS STYLIZED PICTOGRAPH PAINTINGS ON COWHIDE. CONRAD CHIEF BODY PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2002, ON THE BLOOD RESERVE. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19820009000 FOR HARDCOPIES OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS AND AN EXCERPT ON CHIEF BODY FROM LLOYD JAMES DEMPSEY'S BOOK 'BLACKFOOT WAR ART: PICTOGRAPHS OF THE RESERVATION PERIOD, 1880-2000'.