Roach Clip
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Nov 2008
label: Collection Date
content: 1978
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Metal "alligator type" clip with "Taiwan" engraved on bottom. Handle has been lengthened by inserting a small piece of wood into the tubular end of the metal clip. The piece of wood is wrapped with beaded buckskin in a gourd stitch with a looped fringe. Bead colors: dark blue, yellow, orange, red, white.
label: Notes
content: Used to facilitate smoking marijuana cigarettes when they have burned down and are too short to be held in one's hand. In the 1970s, these roach clips were made by members of the Pueblo of Zuni for their own use and for sale or gifts to other members of the Pueblo of Zuni. They were not made for sale to outsiders.
label: Notes
content: NOTE: According to the laws of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia the clips are considered drug paraphernalia, although as the museum does not intend to use them with illegal drugs our possession of them is not prohibited. However we cannot legally transport them outside of Maryland via any means without first consulting with the Office of General Counsel.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Jan 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Zuni (A:shiwi)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2046067
label: USNM Number
content: E432057-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drug Paraphernalia
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 19 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: ca. 5 cm