A tepee is made of a cone-shaped wooden frame with a covering of buffalo hide.Modern day tepees like this one are made from canvas, however. Like modern tents, tepees are carefully designed to set up and break down quickly. As a tribe moved from place to place, each family would bring their tipi poles and hide tent along with them. Originally, tepees were about 12 feet high, but once the Plains Indian tribes acquired horses, they began building them twice as high.
I rather like the vibrant colours and designs on these hide coverings.