Tipi Liner

A tipi is a geometric wonder. Built on an isoceles triangle, angled against the prevailing winds - once the liner is in, it is as cozy, comfortable and dry as a nest.

The outside cover sits above the ground a few inches and the liner, tied to the inside of the tipi and extending about five feet up, is trapped between the ground cloth and carpeting/skins. So air is sucked in under the outer cover, up between the liner and the cover, and on out the top of the 'chimney' created by properly setting the smoke flaps to the wind.

That's one reason for hanging streamers, ribbons, feathers (or scalps) from the top of the poles. You can look up and see the wind direction so you know how to adjust the flaps (keep in mind that wind speed/direction can be different 24 feet in the air than from the ground). They also help keep birds away. And they are beautiful.