Olla Polishing-Stone
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: "FINE CLOSE-GRAINED PEBBLES OF QUARTZ AND CHALCEDONY, WHICH SHOW THEIR ARTIFICIAL USE BY HIGHLY POLISHED PARTS. THESE CLOSE-GRAINED PEBBLES ARE USED FOR THE POLISHING OF THE CLAY SURFACES OF POTTERY, WHICH IS ACCOMPLISHED BY GRASPING THE STONE IN THE TIPS OF THE FINGERS AND THUMB, AND WITH A RAPID RECIPROCATING MOTION RUBBING THE FACE OF A VESSEL UNTIL IT HAS TAKEN A HIGH GLOSS. THIS POLISHING INCREASES THE HOMOGENEITY OF THE WARE AND REDUCES THE DANGER OF BREAKAGE IN FIRING. WHEN THE WARE IS PAINTED RED A SECOND POLISHING IS RESORTED TO AS SOON AS THE RED OCHER SLIP HAS DRIED IN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Caborca, Sonora, Mexico, 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: E174468-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Polishing Stone