O.V. Maddox Collection of Seri Artifacts
Scope and Contents Note
Various items created by the Seri Indians of Mexico, including baskets, masks, arrowheads, bone dolls, and ironwood sculptures.
Dates
- Creation: collected circca 1967-1979
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted.
Use Restrictions
Standard copyright restrictions apply.
Historical Note
Acquired between 1967 and 1979, items in the collection were purchased directly from the makers in Bahia de Kino, Sonora, Mexico. Mr. Maddox seems to have acted as a intermediary of some sorts between the original owner, Clotilde Schoendube, who owned all or part of what is now the Maddox Collection, and the Texas Memorial Museum. The collection arrived at the Texas Memorial Museum in the latter half of 1979. It was transferred to the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection in 2013.
Full Extent
93 items
Abstract
Collection of ethnographic material from the Seri tribe, who live on the northwest coast of Sonora, Mexico.
Acquisition Information
Transferred to the Benson Collection from the Texas Memorial Museum, May 2013.
Processing Information
Collection is unprocessed.
- Title
- O.V. Maddox Collection of Seri Artifacts
- Status
- Edited Partial Draft
- Author
- Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection
- Date
- 2014
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2021 February: Edited by Carla O. Alvarez to fix compliance check errors to prepare for the migration to new TARO website.
- 2021 November: Edited by Devon Murphy to update control access terms and formatting based on the TARO Control Access List.
- 2025 July: Revised by Ryan Sullivant to fix validation errors prior to ingestion into ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu