How are similar objects classified in ethnographic collections.  I have
seen numerous "divination aids" from a variety of cultures in museum
collections.

Felicia P. - what term do you use?

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> From: Janis Wilkens <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Classification Problem
> Date: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 7:21 PM
>
> Okay, all you registrars out there!  I've tried the Art and Architecture
> Thesaurus, and I've tried Nomenclature, and neither has a word to say on
the
> subject that I can find, so I'm trying you!
>
> The question is, how would one classify an object intended to be a
divination
> aid, such as a pack of Tarot cards?  (*Somebody* must have one in their
> collection . . . )  Is it (a) a communication device; (b) a ceremonial
> object; (c) a personal object of some sort; or something else?
>
> What do *you* think?
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