An example in a different style and color.but same moon and stars pattern from the Museum of American Glass in West Virginia, Retrieved March from https://magwv.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/337F2572-FC09-410B-AB5D-124527354076 Catalog Number 2010.66.31 Object Name Compote Description L.E. Smith Glass Company No. 5283 Moon and Stars, Compote, Amber Manufacturer/Artist L.E. Smith Glass Company Dta Made ca 1966-1983 Diameter (in)…
Read MoreObject Name: Pan, Miner’s Date: c. 1900 Materials: iron Culture: American Categories:Tools and Equipment Provenance & Object History: Owned by John Minook (formerly Ivan Pavlof), who discovered gold on Little Minook Creek. Dimensions: 41.9 x 41.9 x 7 cm (16 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.) Description: Circular iron gold pan with a…
Read MoreFor making a museum collections database type entry I had challenges picking something that I felt that I have truly collected for many of my possessions are in storage or are simply used and not something that I had gotten for any reason other than their uses but I remembered my first purchase for a…
Read MoreFor this assignment, we were to find an object or specimen in an online museum database and list some of the management elements associated with it. In addition, we were to find an object in our home and associate some similar elements to it. I thought it might be fun/interesting to look up a specimen…
Read MoreAfter viewing the required videos for Module 7 on collection management I was amazed at the amount of work in managing the UAMN artifacts. Seeing Stefi’s work in squishing plants, field notes and tagging the botanical specimens made me realize I don’t have enough long term organizational and documentational skills to be employed in a…
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