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Tipi:
Heritage of the Great
Plains
Thursday, February 17, 2011
10 a.m. to 1
p.m.
Tipi: Heritage of the Great Plains celebrates this architectural form,
which was the center of Native American Plains family life and remains an
essential structure for ceremonial occasions. The exhibition features three
full-size tipis and more than 150
objects.
Curators Nancy Rosoff and Susan Kennedy Zeller will be on hand to answer
questions.
Refreshments will be
served.
R.S.V.P. acceptances only to
(718) 501-6334 or
press@brooklynmuseum.org.
Please provide your professional
affiliation when
responding.
The exhibition is sponsored by American Express.
Generous support is provided by the Barbara and Richard Debs Exhibition Fund,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Christensen, III, the National Endowment for the Humanities,
the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Bay and Paul
Foundations.
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: Jenny
Steven
200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn NY
11238-6052
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