Roach headdress
late 19th century
Medium/TechniqueDeer hair, rabbit pelt, cotton cording
DimensionsLength: 58.4 cm (23 in.)
Lender accessory (Mount): 12.7 x 25.4 cm (5 x 10 in.)
Lender accessory (Mount): 12.7 x 25.4 cm (5 x 10 in.)
Credit LineGift of Clifford S. Ackley in honor of Nancy and Alan Shestack
Accession number2016.795
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On viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
ProvenanceSeptember 4, 1987, sold by Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA to Clifford S. Ackley, Boston; 2016, gift of Clifford S. Ackley to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2016)
20th century
late 18th century to early 19th century
about 1880–1885
A.D. 1000–1476
1800-1830
1965–70s
1880s
20th century
mid 20th century