Olla-Rings
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: "A HEAD RING FOR CARRYING POTTERY. MADE OF YUCCA LEAVES PLAITED INTO A BAND 4" WIDE, TURNED IN UPON ITSELF, PRODUCING A RING OF DOUBLE THICKNESS, AND HALF THE ORIGINAL HEIGHT. THE YUCCA RING ACTS AS A SUPPORT FOR THE POTTERY WATERVASE, AND AS A PAD FOR THE HEAD OF THE WOMAN CARRYING IT. THE THREE ILLUSTRATIONS REPRESENT THE METHOD OF LIFTING THE VASE AND SETTING IT UPON THE OLLA RING. ONE (1) ILLUS.: HNDBK. OF N. AMER. INDIANS, VOL. 10, SOUTHWEST, FIG. 3D, PG. 181."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, San Xavier Reservation / Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Papago (Tohono O'odham)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174452-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot Ring