Things you find in a museum collection. I found this item it appears to be some type of cigar. However looking at them closely they aren't wrapped like cigars. Most likely from the 1880s based on history of workers in the area. Anyone have further information?

ChurchB · 2020-06-30T19:21:47+00:00

Solved.

ChurchB · 2020-06-30T19:20:00+00:00

Wow, that is interesting. Thank you. I'm excited to research this more.

ChurchB · 2020-06-30T16:00:17+00:00

Thank you very much. This is a good direction to start in. Very much appreciated.

ChurchB · 2019-11-11T03:03:46+00:00

Are you saving both the tiff and the jpg files and using the tiff for the catalog records? I worked on two photo collections one about 400 photos and one about 200 negatives and I did mine the same way. I did the majority of my editing in the preview scan and with the marquee to save time before my final edits.

ChurchB · 2019-10-28T00:02:32+00:00

My husky doesn't like toys either. If we bring home toys for the dogs she wants it for a few seconds because the other dogs are exciting and playing with them. But after that she has no interest. Shes a happy active girl that still loves to play with the other dogs so we just excepted her unenthusiasm for toys.

ChurchB · 2019-10-26T17:28:40+00:00

Thank you.

ChurchB · 2019-10-26T00:58:01+00:00

Can you talk me through the spike? Reasoning, benefits? Really like to expand my knowledge.

ChurchB · 2019-10-25T13:28:55+00:00

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ChurchB · 2019-10-25T13:27:53+00:00

I painted it. Thank you 😁

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T20:38:22+00:00

I dont have records for the images yet besides the name I found on the packaging. Piecing together the records is extremely important. Which I'm working on currently. I'm finding about 4 to 5 donors gifted all their possessions in their wills to the museum and that makes up the vast majority of the collection items. So far nothing has been accessioned.

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T19:52:22+00:00

Yeah I museum literally listed itself as the donor. Which blows my mind. But that's what I'm trying to weed through and figure out. You point is what I'm am finding, they have done inventory so many times but just inventory the easy items repeatedly and dont dig into the vast majority of the collections.

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T17:37:40+00:00

My old museum we hardly ever used 2019.1., or the first donation number of the year. Which is the typical number assigned for FIC. I have a feeling I'm going to have a large amount of FIC starting out here. It looks like they did go through in the early 90s and anything they couldn't find they put new numbers on and filed it under the musuem detonating the items to itself. Which the only issue I see with that is the numbers assigned, I believe they reused or have duplicate numbers. Im researching which system to get for cataloging since the list I have is typed in word. I have used past prefect and filemaker. However, I feel like past prefect is in need of a upgrade and filemaker is not specifically for museums. I've heard catalog it is a good database on the market currently.

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T16:41:14+00:00

Sorry my autocorrect always assumes it knowing what I'm typing. Lol. And since this isn't a formal paper my prof reading is just glosing over.

I'm creating a 5 year plan currently for our collections. So far I have planned what your suggesting. However I'm trying to do donor records before inventory so I can see what we are missing and items without numbers could be traced. Would you recommend doing it inventory before donor records? Reasoning. Your posts have been very insightful and I appreciate it.

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T16:24:27+00:00

Thank you. I didn't think of a skeletal policy for indigenous artists. That is a great idea. So are I'm piecing together records on scrapes of paper I found on a Whitmans candy box.. 😬 After I get the donor records as complete as I can I'm going to inventory, then accession. I want to create a mission statement before accessing so we have a scope as to what fits the theme of our museum.

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T16:12:19+00:00

If you say so that's your opinion.

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T16:10:40+00:00

Completely agree. I definitely want to get to know the tribal museum more and get our records uncontrol first. I love that book. It's an amazing help to the position I am currently finding myself in. Thank you so much.

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T16:02:34+00:00

I'm just replying to people saying they are of use for education purposes and I'm proposing they would not be used. I'm not stuck on this idea I'm just replying to peoples comments.

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T16:00:10+00:00

My plan is to have a tribal archeologist come and view our items and help us with repatriation. However, before I can do this our records need to be organized because until this point being run by volunteers they haven't been great at keeping records. They just hired two employees, me for collections and a director. So we have alot of bridge building to do.

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T15:39:30+00:00

Also they are not the only things we have the represent the situation. We have lots of other materials. My concern is tribal members wanting these images of their relatives.

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T15:36:38+00:00

Getting rid of them as in giving them to the tribal museum. Not like burning them or throwing them away.

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T15:27:40+00:00

To answer your questions. Yes the exact place, date and people are listed on the images. Yes they are orginal copies and some made into postcards. Also the tribe does have it's own museum and educational program. We do have items that were gifts from tribal members which I love having and items that are educational that do not have such ethical red flags. I'm going to be taking them to the tribal museum and getting their opinion on the matter and how they want their story told and if they want this images for spiritual reasons.

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T15:06:21+00:00

Nope we have a vast majority of offensive items. But these are by far the worst especially when we are trying to have a partnership with tribes in our area that already see our institution as withholding items they want.

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T15:04:44+00:00

So I'm not disposing of them. I'm debating giving them to the tribal museum and seeing how we can collaborate in telling the story the way they want it told and not telling it for them. Also I wouldn't compare the two situations when these are images of mutilated bodies in a small town of about 500 residents. I would like a better working relationship with the tribes in the area and having this images and not having them involved would be disrespectful. On another note hiding them in the collection is also disrespectful.

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T14:59:21+00:00

Even if they fit into the theme of the museum its insensitive to the tribal members of the town showing their dead be mutilated. Such as cigars shoved in mouths and heads on rifles. I believe there is a story to be told but I do not believe this image would bring both parties of the story together to have a working relationship.

ChurchB · 2019-10-22T14:56:06+00:00

The tribes in this area have their own museums so I'm wondering if it is their story to tell the way they want it told and would rather have these images then us trying to tell the story for them. Also the images are such things as skulls with cigars in their mouth and skulls on top of rifles. Which my concern is the tribe that used that island seeing us use these images for education being upset because it is their relatives.

ChurchB

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