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Multicolored roach (man's headpiece)
Multicolored roach (man's headpiece)
Object Number 49-44-10/32686
Display Title Multicolored roach (man's headpiece)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Roach, orange and red dyed, fur, felted base
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Arapaho?
  • Shoshone?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Wyoming
Materials Deer tail, Porcupine hair, Cotton, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 35.4 x 6.2 cm (8 1/4 x 13 15/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49-44-10/32686
Provenance
Collector Henry Seton (01/01/1930-01/01/1936)
Donor Henry Seton (11/15/1950)

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Media Restricted
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Headdress
Raw Material
Shaft, modified
Ethete
Man's Roach
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Headdress
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Media Restricted
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Shaft, modified
Raw Material
Headdress
United States
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Headdress
United States
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Headdress
United States
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Headwear
United States
Roach (headdress) of dyed purple moosehair.
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Headdress
United States
Roach with spreader
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Headdress
Oklahoma
Head ornament, porcupine and elk hair
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Headdress
United States
Roach Spreader with Eagle Feather
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Headdress
Wyoming
South Dakota
Roach, sparse
2001.1.335 Roach, sparse
Headdress
North America
Roach, large
2001.1.337 Roach, large
Headdress
North America