The focal point in this section of the exhibition is the leather tent (tipi) which was sold to the Royal Prussian Art Chamber in 1846. The paintings on the tipi show a sacred pipe, two sun symbols and numerous mythical animals indicating that this tent had a purely ceremonial function. It is one of the few surviving examples made of buffalo skin. The tent is surrounded with a variety of items of leather clothing, richly decorated with porcupine quills or glass beads.

Painted buffalo robe of the Mandan chief, Mato-Tope (Four Bears)
Wied Collection, 1833