Image of the top or flue of a tipi. Taken near Manitou Springs Colorado, late winter.A tipi[ also tepee or teepee is a cone-shaped tent, traditionally made of animal skins upon wooden poles. A tipi is distinguished from other conical tents by the smoke flaps at the top of the structure.Historically, the tipi was used by Indigenous people of the Plains in the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies of North America, as well as by indigenous peoples of northern Europe and Asia under other names.Tipi lodges are still in use by these peoples, though now primarily for ceremonial purposes.
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