Check this CCI Note on applying numbers to objects.  Don't be fooled
by the title, it also talks about wood.
http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/publications/notes/1-5-eng.aspx

Eli Purchase, MSc
Conservation Technician
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,
Yellowknife, NT
Phone 867.873.7664

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