In message <[log in to unmask]>, Laura Sampson <[log in to unmask]> writes >My name is Laura Sampson and I am a 2nd year grad student in the Arts and >Administration program at the University of Oregon. >Currently, I am begining work on my Master's Project which involves cataloging >and classifying a basketry collection. >I am wondering if there is a standardized nomenclature/object name list for >basketry. According to Chenhall's >nomeclature book, basket is not an object name...a basket is a type of >unclassified container. This system can prove difficult >when attempting to classify and categorize a large collection of baskets. Is >there a standardized list for naming baskets? >For example, is there a list the specifies when a basket is a vase, pot, bowl, >plate, etc.? Any advice, contact names, or suggested >books would be much appreciated. I have never worked with basketry before so >this is completely new territory for me. >Thank you all for your help! >Laura Sampson The Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford, UK has a display of baskets of many sorts. They have a webpage so I suggest you do a websearch to find someone to send an email (or snailmail) or fax to. -- Ruth Marler in Hampton, Middlesex, UK [log in to unmask] Looking for surname WIDDOWS anywhere, anytime for One Name Study [log in to unmask] http://www.lamerton.demon.co.uk/genealog.htm