Kelli,

I would suggest that you talk to my good friends and colleagues, Debra
Long (objects conservator) or Julie Reilly (director), at the Gerald
R. Ford Conservation Center in Omaha, Nebraska. They are very
knowledgable and are in a postion to examine the collections and make
recommendations.

Here is their URL.

http://www.nebraskahistory.org/sites/ford/



Cheers!
Dave

David Harvey
Conservator
Los Angeles, California

On 12/19/06, Kelli Bacon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We are about to begin re-cataloging a large amount of archeological stone.
> The stone is made of jasper & appears to be fragile.  When originally
> cataloged, many objects were lotted together under one catalog number and
> put in one plastic bag, but when they did this, they did not size grade
> anything so large pieces are mixed with small pieces.  This is a concern
> because we are afraid that pieces are being broken making it difficult to
> tell worked areas from broken ones, not to mention that it makes the number
> of objects go up.  It appears that every object has been labelled, except
> for the very small ones.  As we go through this collection and re-catalog
> it, we are wondering about the best way to store these items without taking
> up huge amounts of time.  Does anyone have any ideas?  If you need more
> information, I would be happy to talk about it.  Thanks in advance for any
> replies.
>
> Kelli
>
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