Head Ornament (Roach Spreader)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
name: label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Consists of two eagle feathers, the bases of which are set in bone cylinders and attached to a carved piece of bone. Carved bone is in the shape of a keyhole."
label: Notes
content: Identified on card as roach spreader by L. [Lee] Miller 8/6/[19]84. Dr. JoAllyn Archambault, Standing Rock Sioux, NMNH Department of Anthropology, identified as an elk antler roach spreader.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 May 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Plains Northern, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E358831A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress