Christie-

What I have in my database are fields named 
"Title": as given by the artist, or something like 'Vase' or 'Chair' if
unknown;
(Objects titled 'untitled' by the artist remain 'untitled'.)

and "Description": which gives a descriptive phrase along with other
information. 
This seems like your object name info. Do you have a similar field you
could add to?

Hope this helps you.

Best,
       Susanne

Susanne Lambert
Collections Manager/Registrar
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
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Subject: Distinguishing between official names and created names

Hello Everyone:

In my database, I have objects which have official names created by the
artist but I also have names created for the object such as "tall vase
with green leaves."  I want to combine "object name" with "title" thus
getting rid of the "object name" category in my database.  My question
is how do you recommend that I distinguish between a official name and a
created name in the database so the viewer won't think that  "tall vase
with green leaves" is what the artist named it?

Thank you

Christie Anderson
Registrar of University Exhibitions and Collections Richard E. Peeler
Art Center DePauw University

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