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Native American ➔ Roach Spreader

Identifier:
164278
Description:

Id: Barbara Hail, 07/90. Brass peyote or water bird forms support for feather. Peyote jewelry.

Museum Ledger: “Roach spreader. German silver and brass. 'Louis Bear Child', inscribed on back. 17 cm x 6 cm. (OLIC ($17.50), 9-18-1971)"
Date:
1901 – 1990
Materials:
Silver, Brass
Dimensions:
7" h 2.5" w
Current Location Status:
In Storage
Collection Tier:
Tier 2
Source:
Gift of the Estate of Dr. Ruth Herrick
Exhibit/Program:
Anishinabek: The People of this Place (1995 – 2025)
Related Entity:
Estate of Dr. Ruth Herrick (donor)
Born on July 6, 1895 in Ohio, Ruth Herrick became known as one of the first women physicians in Michigan. She studied at the University of Chicago Medical College and at Blodgett Memorial Hospital. Afterwards she began her practice in 1931 in Grand Rapids. She was an avid collector and took a strong interest in archaeology, having lectured at the Greenfield Village Museum and wrote and published a book entitled "Greentown glass: the Indiana Tumbler and Goblet Company and allied manufacturers (1959)". In 1961 she cooperated with the Kent County Medical Society in compiling a historic medical collection. She retired in 1973 and later passed away after an automobile accident on June 7, 1974, with many of her assets bequeathed to the Public Museum.