>You might consider putting small objects into polyethylene zipper bags and >affixing the label to the outside; but many objects should not be sealed in >completely, so we either use a paper punch to ventilate the bag or leave a >bit of the seal undone. > While there is absolutely nothing wrong with putting small objects in zipper bags and numbering the bags, allow me to suggest the following (true) scenario: Object is too small (apparently) to number. Object gets put in small bag with number on bag. Object then goes on exhibit, sans bag. Object is stolen off exhibit. How do you then prove ownership in the unlikely event the object is recovered? (Enterprising thieves may indeed try to erase the number on small object, but in my experience, you never entirely remove the evidence.) Something additional to consider . . . Claudia Nicholson Curator of Collections Museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society Pierre [log in to unmask]