When I was cataloguing archaeological collections, we'd put all small
finds (stone, bone, pottery--whatever) into the bags you can get for
lining baby bottles with. We'd write the catalogue number on a 3"X5"
card (write in pencil), slip it in the baby bottle bag with the artefact
on the same side of the card as the printed number, then fold the "tabs"
of the bag in on the back side of the card. Very secure and reasonably
handy way to file small items, and for items too small to physically
number, provides a means to record the number with the piece.
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Tim McShane, Assistant--Cultural History
Esplanade Museum
401 First Street SE
Medicine Hat, AB T1A 8W2
Tel: (403) 502-8587
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>>> Kelli Bacon <[log in to unmask]> 12/19/2006 3:07 PM >>>
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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Kelli Bacon
Nebraska State Historical Society
1500 R St.
PO Box 82554
Lincoln NE 68501-2554
402-471-4766
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www.nebraskahistory.org
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