We limit our collection to 2 identical examples of an artifact.  In the
past often 20 or 30+ identical items were catalogued.  We ran out of
storage space and just couldn't accommodate or care for all those items.
Greg

At 08:48 AM 8/23/02 -0400, you wrote:
>I wonder if anyone out there working with museum collections can help me.
>How many examples of one type of artifact is enough?
>
>any imput would be appreciated.
>
>Carol Reid
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