Olla-Ring
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: "174488-174489. 174488--MADE OF THE INNER BARK OF THE OCATIYA CACTUS. A SMALL RING 3" IN DIAMETER, 1" HIGH, IS FIRST CONSTRUCTED BY WRAPPING SPIRALLY WITH A TIE OF BARK. AROUND THIS RING CORE IS WOUND BARK, GRADUALLY INCREASING ITS VERTICAL HEIGHT UNTIL A RING 6" IN DIAMETER AND 3" IN HEIGHT IS FORMED. THE LAST WRAPPING IS ROUGH OUTER BARK FROM WHICH THE LONG THORNS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. SEE OTHER SIDE. THIS RING IS USED FOR CARRYING POTTERY VASES (OLLAS) ON THE HEAD, THE CONE-LIKE DEPRESSIONS ON EACH SIDE OF THE RING FITTING THE HEAD AND THE ROUNDED BOTTOM OF THE VASE." FROM CARD: 174489A. COLLECTIONS OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. OLLA RING.-MADE OF THE BARK OF THE OCATIYA (FONQUIERA SPLENDENS), 4 INCHES IN OUTSIDE DIAMETER, 2 INCHES DIAMETER OF THE CENTER HOLE, 1 1/2 INCHES OUTER EDGE, 3/4 INCH INNER EDGE. WRAPPED WITH RED AND BLACK WOOL CORD. THIS RING IS USED FOR CARRYING POTTERY VASES (OLLAS) ON THE HEAD, THE CONELIKE DEPRESSIONS ON EACH SIDE OF THE RING FITTING THE HEAD AND THE ROUNDED BOTTOM OF THE VASE. SERI INDIANS, TIBURON ISLAND, SONORA, MEXICO. 174,489. COLLECTED BY W J MCGEE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tiburon Island, 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: E174489-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot Ring