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1949.10.86

Roach; head ornament of ?animal hair dyed magenta, still attached to a thin strip of hide and rolled around itself to form a tear-shaped base. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/9/2005]

1949.10.86

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Collection type
Object
Description
Roach; head ornament of ?animal hair dyed magenta, still attached to a thin strip of hide and rolled around itself to form a tear-shaped base. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/9/2005]
Cultural groups
Native American
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source E.B. Perry
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1900
Date collected
1850 - 1900
Acquisition information
Donated: 1949
Materials and processes
Material Hair, Material Pigment, Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Dyed, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Length: max 100 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1949.10.86
Research and responses

A roach is a roll of hair brushed straight back from the forehead or side of the head. [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] However other North American roaches in our collection seem to refer to a headdress of hair. [CF 19/6/2000]

Search terms: Ornament, Clothing Headgear, Head Ornament, Headdress

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