Index: sodar/trunk/sodar/rawData.py
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--- sodar/trunk/sodar/rawData.py (revision 120)
+++ sodar/trunk/sodar/rawData.py (revision 272)
@@ -137,9 +137,14 @@
     
     def __getitem__(self, index):
-        """Index Sample by body attribute."""
+        """Index Sample by body or header attribute."""
         try:
             return self.body[index]
         except TypeError:   # sample.body may not exist
             raise IndexError('Sample index out of range')
+        except IndexError:  # sample.body out of range
+            try:
+                return self.header[index]
+            except KeyError: # sample.header may not exist
+                raise IndexError('Sample index out of range')
     
     def data(self):
@@ -218,5 +223,5 @@
                 continue
             return altitude
-        raise IndexError('Body index, out of range')
+        raise IndexError('Body index out of range')
 
     def data(self):