Headdress, Roach

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Headdress, Roach

Entry/Object ID

2018.3.165

Description

Property C58: Sioux Roach Headdress. Object: regalia, Artist/Maker: unknown (20th Century, Sioux: SD) Title/Model: Sioux Roach Headdress, Date/Region: ca. 1980 / South Dakota, Medium/Technique: porcupine hair, stitched and faced with heavy cloth / handmade, Edition/Series: unique, 1 of 1, Size: 3" H x 16" W x 3" D, Condition: good, Signature/Inscriptions: n/a, Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Description/Notes: A dyed-horsehair horizontal leaning spike of hair attached to a multi-colored hand braided yarn roach base with a roach stick, a replica porcupine quill.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Oceti Sakowin

Native American

Notes

The word, Sioux, is referenced in this entry. Sioux is considered a slur word according to the Oceti Sakowin peoples.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Headdress, Roach

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Headdress

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Regalia

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Status Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 19, 2018