Roach Spreader
date: label: Accession Date
content: 31 Dec 1867
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department Of War
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "OF BONE, BASE IS A COMB-LIKE APPARATUS, WITH A SHORT TUBE OF BONE MOUNTED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE TOP SURFACE OF THE SMALL OR BACK END, AND INTO WHICH IS TIED A SINGLE BLACK AND WHITE FEATHER. THIS IS THE ITEM WHICH IS FASTENED IN THE CENTER OF THE HEAD ROACH TO HOLD THE BUNDLES OF TURKEY BEARDS AND HORSEHAIR APART SO THEY WILL STAND UP WHEN MOUNTED ACROSS THE TOP OF THE HEAD. IF IT WERE ONCE WITH THE ROACH (OR HEADDRESS) IT WAS NOT IN JUNE. 1962.-R. ELDER. SOME INCISED DECORATION ON THE TOP SURFACE, AMONG WHICH IS A BUFFALO HEAD. AND SLIGHT AMOUNT OF RED AND GREEN COLORING IN THE LINES. FOR SIMILAR SPECIMENS REFER TO CAT. NOS. 2473, 5442."
label: Notes
content: Entered in the orginal ledger catalog as "Warrior Head Dress" from the War Department with the location given as Missouri R. Valley. Length 6.5".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 May 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Missouri River, 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: 67A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2472-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress