Olla with a spool grip

3D Model

Olla is a pot-bellied jar that can sometimes have a lid. It was used to store food. The 4 bumps on the shoulder are called “spool” and probably are born as handles with which to grab the olla but then they become purely decorative. It was made with the technique called “colombino” or “cercine” which consists in rolling up long strings of clay, widening it or tightening it to give a shape to the jar. Often, in substitution of the cords, bands were modelled in the same way as the strings and  were wrapped on themselves to create the first structure of the jar.