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Native Roots & Western Trails: A Historic Heritage Auction: June 21st, 2025

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Lakota Sioux Quilled Hair Roach Ornament w/ Mirror
Lot 352

Lakota Sioux Quilled Hair Roach Ornament w/ Mirror

Estimate: $550 - $750
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The lot features a Lakota Sioux hair roach ornament with quillwork and a signal mirror from the mid-20th century. The piece is comprised of a parfleche rawhide strip with red painted border sewn with sinew, rawhide lacing and hide. The front shows strips of rawhide wrapped in porcupine quill quillwork with a classic tab and Maltese cross pattern showing colors of red, yellow, white and purple. The top shows a copper wrapped / framed signal mirror. The back has a strip of calico floral trade clothe head band. The bottom shows a long horse tail drop with Indian hide fringes showing copper and brass rolled jingle dangle cones having horse tail hair fringes. Per the British Museum in the Dakota, this hair ornament is called a Wapegnaka which would have been attached at the back of the head to hold it in place (Carocci 2012 / Warriors of the Plains: The Arts of Plains Indian Warfare pp. 78-79). This example from the 20th-century is fine and well kept. Overall measures 37-inches long, the rawhide itself is 9-inches by 1 7/8-inches wide.

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