Olla-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: "FOR POTTERY MAKING. MATERIAL, QUARTZITES AND CLOSE-GRAINED IGNEOUS ROCKS. THE COMMON SHAPE OF THE POTTERY-FORMING STONE IS A NEARLY CIRCULAR DISK 3 TO 4 1/2" IN DIAMETER, AND 3/4 TO 2" IN THICKNESS; OTHER SHAPES, SUCH AS RUDE [sic] ELLIPTICAL PEBBLES, BROKEN METATES, OR MEALING STONES OF RECTANGULAR OUTLINES, ARE ALSO USED. THESE STONES ARE USED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR POTTERY SHAPING AT THE PRESENT DAY, THOUGH THEY SOMETIMES SUBSERVE OTHER PURPOSES, E. G., AS HAMMER STONES, FLAKING IMPLEMENTS, ETC., WHEN OCCASION DEMANDS. ITS FUNCTION IN POTTERY MAKING IS FOR A BUFFER, OR STOP, FOR THE WOODEN SHAPING PADDLE. IT IS HELD IN THE LEFT HAND, ON THE INNER EDGE OF THE VASE, WHILE THE RIGHT HAND WIELDS THE PADDLE, THE SOFT CLAY WALL LYING BETWEEN STONE AND PADDLE, BEING THINNED AND SHAPED TO THE DESIRED DEGREE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Jun 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: E174541-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Polishing Stone