<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Hi Holly,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">We also serve as an archaeological repository here in Maple
Ridge, and my advice would probably be to not add the museum’s accession numbers.
Have you asked Haisla Nation which option they prefer? In our case, we were advised
by Katzie First Nation to not add any further numbers to their objects. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">In any case, if you really want the accession number associated
with the objects, you can always make object labels to store with the objects.
We store our objects individually in small plastic bags with an object label
printed out on acid free cardstock with the provincial catalogue number and
other relevant info. That way we avoid any unnecessary markings on the objects
themselves.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Feel free to reach out if you’d like further assistance, happy to help if I can <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Melissa</p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">--</span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" style=""><b style="">Melissa Rollit</b></font></span><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:arial;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><br><b>Museum Curator</b><br></span><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Maple Ridge Museum & Community Archives<br></span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size:x-small"><a href="mailto:curator@mapleridgemuseum.org" target="_blank">curator@mapleridgemuseum.org</a></font></div></div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font size="1">office: 604-463-5311</font><br></span><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1sX7pHEPLd4-mLGgm8TNDvNW2Oxe6lTNn&revid=0B4Hu5pDvBuk5YUc3U1NENzREeEpMemp0VURMY1VGVzdWbFEwPQ" width="200" height="64" class="gmail-CToWUd"><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family:Calibri;font-style:italic">The Maple Ridge Museum & Community Archives respectfully acknowledges that we have the privilege to work, learn, and play on the traditional unceded territories of the Katzie and Kwantlen First Nations. </span></p></div><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 12 Dec 2023 at 16:38, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <<a href="mailto:listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca">listserv@lists.museum.bc.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg2468676241240369301">
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Hello all,</div>
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The Kitimat Museum & Archives serves as a repository for archaeological materials uncovered in the Kitimat area, with the approval of the Haisla Nation. These materials include stone tools, animal bones, and glass/metal/ceramic objects, from both pre- and post-contact
eras. They come to us with a number already assigned to them based on the site they were recovered at, ex. GaTe9:13. We then give them our own accession numbers like any other artifact, ex. 2023.40, for record-keeping purposes.</div>
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What we're wondering is whether it's okay to physically add our accession numbers to the artifact, using the nail hardener and ink method (as we do for all our other non-paper/textile artifacts). Some of them already have the site number added to them, typed
on tiny strips of paper that are adhered to the artifact. Would adding our own numbers damage the artifacts, esp. the organic ones? Furthermore, are the artifacts not truly 'ours' as we are merely a repository for them, and if that's the case, is it appropriate
to add our numbers, or would it merely cause further confusion?</div>
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If anyone can advise on this issue, it would be much appreciated.</div>
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Thank you,</div>
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