Tipi or Tepee is a conical lodge tent with smoke flaps at the top. It is made from wooden poles and animal hides. Their natural materials & portability were crucial to the nomadic lifestyle of native Americans.
More about Tipie can be found on Wikipedia. For other native american dwelling types, see Waterman, T. T. (1924). North American Indian Dwellings. Geographical Review, 14(1), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.2307/208352
Issued on: 1950-10-02
Size: 38 x 27 mm
Colors: Black brown
Watermark: No Watermark
Designers: Herman Herbert Schwartz
Engraver: Silas Robert Allen
Printers: Canadian Bank Note Company
Emission: Definitive
Perforation: line 12
Printing: Recess
