Roach Spreader
70-9-362
From: United States of America | Oklahoma
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-9-362 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Delaware Culture | Lenape |
| Provenience | United States of America | Oklahoma |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Bone | Feather | Metal | Hide |
| Description | Bone roached spread, shoulder blade. Eagle feather, with two small pink feathers attached; one at the tip and one at the center is attached to a small round tube of metal brass. This is tied to the bone by a small piece of rawhide tied through four holes in the bone at the thinner end of the bone which is shaped like a shoe horn. At the wider end are four small holes arranged in a square. A larger hole is located beneath this square formation. The bone is very flat. |
| Height | 17 cm |
| Width | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
| Other Number | NA1724 - Collector Number |
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