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Object Number 38-44-10/12782
Display Title Roach (headdress) of dyed purple moosehair.
Descriptions
Object Description Roach (headdress) of dyed purple moosehair. Trimmed in porcupine quillwork and horsetail.
Inventory Description Headdress, roach, horsehair, some dyed, attached to looped cordage foundation, back skin extension with quill panel, hide strips wrapped with dyed quill, feathers, tinklers, long purple dyed horsehair
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cheyenne?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Dimensions Overall: 87 x 5 x 20 cm (34 1/4 x 1 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 12782
Provenance
Collector Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman (1888 - 1916)
Donor Mrs. Henry H. Richardson (1938)

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