Good Afternoon Joshua,
My personal rule of thumb on marking/numbering small attached specimens
such as a shoelace attached to a shoe.....is:
1.)	if the smaller specimen can be removed from the "mother"
specimen (i.e. a shoelace from a shoe) WITHOUT the use of a hand-tool
than the smaller specimen needs to be marked/numbered accordingly and
appropriately;
2.)	if the smaller specimen CANNOT be removed from the "mother"
specimen unless one uses a hand-tool....then the smaller specimen does
not need to be marked/numbered accordingly, etc.....(for example, there
is no need mark/number a wheel on a stagecoach.
I hope this helps,
Best Wishes,
Wesley
Wesley S. Creel
Administrator of Programs
Pink Palace Family of Museums
Memphis, TN USA
www.memphismuseums.org


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Subject: Shoelaces as Objects

Was wondering what other institutions due to mark shoelaces that are 
museum objects.

Could this be a time to use the dreaded tags?

Regards,


-- 
Joshua K. Blay
Associate Director/Museum Curator
The Historical Society of Berks County
(610) 375-4375

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