Olla-Stone Or Hammer
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
label: Collection Date
content: 1894 to 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "A QUARTZITE PEBBLE, ELLIPSOIDAL, 5 1/2" GREATEST DIAMETER, 1 1/2" THICK. LITTLE WORN BY ARTIFICIAL USE." FROM CARD: "174510A. COLLECTIONS OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. STONE HAND IMPLEMENT.-A QUARTZITE PEBBLE, ELLIPSOIDAL, 5 1/2 INCHES GREATEST DIAMETER, 1 1/2 INCHES THICK. LITTLE WORN BY ARTIFICIAL USE. SERI INDIANS, TIBURON ISLAND, SONORA, MEXICO. 174,510. COLLECTED BY W J MCGEE. THE IMPLEMENTS REPRESENTED BY THIS SPECIMEN ARE THE PREVAILING STONE ARTICLES IN USE BY THE SERI INDIANS. THE SPECIMEN WAS OBSERVED IN USE FOR BREAKING BONES AND KNOCKING OFF HOOFS. THEY ARE USED AS HAMMERS, ANVILS, ETC., AND PROBABLY IN SHAPING POTTERY, GRINDING MESQUITE BEANS, AND FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF MISCELLANEOUS PURPOSES."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sonora, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Seri (Comcaac)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174510-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hammer
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Width - Thick
content: 3.8 cm