Olla-Making Paddle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE FROM MESQUITE AND PINE WOOD. THESE PADDLES ARE USED IN FORMING THE MODELED EARTHENWARE OF THE PAPAGO, PIMA, YAQUI, SERI, AND SEVERAL OF THE MEXICAN INDIAN TRIBES. THE BROAD, SLIGHTLY CONCAVE PADDLE IS USED IN SHAPING THE CLAY OVER THE POTTERY MOLD, MAKING ALMOST HALF OF A VASE IN THIS MANNER. THE BROAD, FLAT PADDLE, AND THE NARROW, ROUNDED PADDLES, ARE USED IN REDUCING TO THIN WALLS THE ADDITIONS OF PLASTIC CLAY MADE IN THE FORM OF ROUGH, HEAVY RINGS, TO THE MOIST EDGE OF THE INVERTED HALF-VASE SHAPED ON THE MOLD. A HAND STONE IS USED AS A BUFFER OR STOP, BEING HELD IN THE LEFT HAND AGAINST THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE VESSEL IN SHAPING THE UPPER PORTION OF A VASE; THE PADDLE, HELD IN THE RIGHT HAND, STRIKING AGAINST THE WALL OF CLAY BETWEEN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 9
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Papago (Tohono O'odham)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174434-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot Paddle