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Roach and roach spreader
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Object Number 08-16-10/73095
Display Title Roach and roach spreader
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hair roach, red hair, porcupine, and feathers, with bone ornament in center.
Classification
  • Shaft, modified
  • Headdress
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cheyenne?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Deer tail, Bone, Feather, Pigment, Porcupine, Leather, Wood, Fiber, Hair, Quill
Dimensions Overall: 46.5 x 23.2 x 15 cm (18 5/16 x 9 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 08-16-10/73095
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Mrs. Lewis H. Farlow (1908)

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