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I have an Albino porcipine roach which was Gifted to me. I just want to know what it symbolizes and if I should keep. I am an plains Indian and would like to use for chicken dancing. Unsure the value of the roach it has three rows of 8-10 inch albino porcipine hair. And dyed red deer hair inside and out, 22 " long new
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“A ‘roach spreader’ is usually worn with the (hair roach) headdress. They are sometimes beautifully carved and decorated, and are made of bone or silver”...“It is inserted inside the long fringes of the headdress, spreading them outward in some cases; hence the name ‘spreader’.”
(Howard, 1958,...04-11-2009, 11:15 AM -
What is the technique to get a good spread on a porky roach so that I don't have to use a roach spreader to flatten it?
I've read in several old threads that a spreader shouldn't be used to spread the porky hair because it will break the hair eventually. The same posts said that if the...10-07-2011, 01:58 PM -
This may have been discussed before I never visit this forum - anyway, I am helping get my 13-year old cousin's outfit together and now we have come to the roach. He isn't sure whether to get 1 or 2 rows of hair on the roach - what is the norm????08-06-2004, 10:57 AM
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When I was given my roach several years ago it was mentioned that I should condition it with something. I haven't felt the need to until now and I am not sure what to use. I have heard lotion and then brush/ comb with a baby comb. I have heard mink oil. I have heard hair conditioner..so what do you...08-15-2005, 04:09 PM -
I have a small problem, I think I wrapped my roach around my roach stick wrong, because now all the hair on my roach is bent and messed up. Does anybody here know what I should do? Sombody told me that I should soak my roach then shape the hair before it dries. Do you think this would work?...
05-27-2007, 11:41 PM