Hello –
We have recently been given a microscope with assorted accompanying
paraphernalia. Some of this, such as the case and the extra lenses/objectives,
I will be putting into the database under the listing for the microscope
itself, but some of the others have me stumped. A booklet of lens cleaning
paper, for instance. The box of unused slides I don’t have any trouble
with; would the ones with stained and labeled specimens be considered “mount,
specimen”? As for the odd bits of paper and cloth used to wrap these
slides to keep them from rattling around in the drawer, I’m at a loss. I would
like to put it under Multiple Use Artifacts, but there ain’t no such
thing as wrappers under that category. Maybe I should use fragment, paper and
fragment, cloth. That’s just seems so sloppy to me, because it doesn’t
imply function, which is what Nomenclature is all about, ain’t it? But I’m
a registrar, so by definition I abhor sloppy categorizations. Sigh. Sloppy
desks are another matter.
Thanks,
as always, for any help you can give me in my never-ending quest to stuff my
size 8.5 feet into size 7 Nomenclature categories.
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