Art Resource - ART306670

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Roach or head-dress. From north-eastern North America. 18th or 19th CE. The roach is named after the arched back and fin of the fish, as it would have worn by folding and attaching to a scalp-lock as a crest, with the rest of the head probably shaven. This example is constructed from a 'U'-shaped piece of skin, decorated with folded quillwork, enclosing red-dyed hair, with some rectangular areas left undyed. The areas to be left undyed are coated in a dye-resistant material such as wax. When the object has been dyed, the coating is removed leaving the undyed area in its original colour. L. 8 cm. Inv. ET Am.2598.

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART306670

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4390px × 3977px

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