Lab Hours

11 hours researching artifacts online, digging through catalogs in the library, and bouncing between cards and databases in the museum....it's been a long week but I've found out a lot more about my artifacts!

Artifact findings (gladly accepting help or hints!)

Artifact 74-2-1 is looking more and more like an African tribal spear.  The steel tip looks similar to African spears and South Africa does have bamboo.  South Pacific tribal spears are usually wood and stone and carved so it's not likely to be from any of the Islands. 
Artifacts 74-2-26 a and b are wooden knotted clubs most likely from a South Pacific group.  They are likely a raw form of what would have become carved or polished and embellished with stones or ivory. 
Artifact 74-2-38 is a straw Italian sun shade produced in the late 19th century and most likely purchased by Alice during her Grand Tour travels through Italy.  The only other one of these found thus far is listed as American made and from the 1860's-80's that is in the Metropolitan Museum.
Artifact 74-2-79 is a fibrous sack made from Kete (woven Flax) produced by the Maori.  

If anybody has any helpful hints for me or any questions about my findings let me know! :)

catalog help

Hey all,
If you're having trouble finding a place to start looking at catalogs for research there's a good amount of them in 3 north of the library around N 5000~ish.  They're arranged by region and there are lots of Maori, New Zealand, and aboriginal catalogs. Hope this helps!

Lab Hours

2 hours docenting on Wednesday and about 30 minutes trying to research my artifacts

Lab Hours

1 1/2 hours working on the NAGPRA Repatriation assignment

Repatriation

"Notice of intent to repatriate a cultural item in the possession of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (February 20, 2001).  In 1880 Ernest T. Jackson collected a buffalo horn spoon in Montana.  Sixty-six years later, a relative of Jackson donated it to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.  According to the Peabody's records, this spoon came from a Crow grave.  Classified as an 'unassociated funerary object,' the spoon was scheduled for repatriation to the Crow Tribe of Montana."American Indian Art, Vol. 27(2):82, Spring 2002

"Notice of intent to repatriate a cultural item in the possession of the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (March, 26, 2001).  In 1902 a stone bear effigy washed out of a grave on the Klamath Reservation in Oregon.  An unidentified Klamath Indian gave the object to a Mr. L. Warren, who, a year later, turned it over to the Peabody.  By NAGPRA standards, this is an 'unassociated funerary object,' which the Peabody agreed to repatriate to the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon."American Indian Art, Vol. 27(2):85, Spring 2002

In approximately the 1940s or 1950s, 193 cultural items of ivory, 
bone, wood, and stone were removed from the Iyatet site, in Nome 
County, AK, by anthropologist Mr. J.L. Giddings and local guide Mr. 
Louis Nakarak. The objects were subsequently purchased by Mr. William 
Holman of Pacific Grove, CA. Mr. Holman then donated the objects to the 
Monterey Museum of Art on November 20, 1978. The 193 objects of 
cultural patrimony are 42 harpoon or projectile points, 38 pendants or 
beads, 3 fire-starters, 4 hand tools, 6 fishing weights, 37 carvings, 1 
scraper, 3 dogsled runners, 1 club, 4 needles or awls, and 54 other 
objects made of ivory, bone, wood and stone.

 http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/fed_notices/nagpradir/nir0632.html

Lab Hours

1 hour working on Catalog Review assignment

Museum Jobs

1) I do not have nor have I had a museum job in the past.
2)Four Corners School of Outdoor Education seeks an Exhibits Developer/Coordinator to build exhibits for its new campus, the Canyon Country Discovery Center. Exhibits will be housed on a 48-acre campus in a 22,000 square foot building, containing a 4,000 square-foot, interactive science museum. Exhibits/ Learning Activity Stations will be based on a unifying theme of place-based education about the Colorado Plateau in 5 content areas. Candidates should have some professional experience in design practice, exhibit development, and building exhibits. Museum experience preferred, in trans-active exhibits, and expertise with wood and metal tools. Full-time, year-round salaried position with benefits, based in Monticello, Utah. 
(Western Museums Association)
I really enjoyed the portion of our class for design, fabrication, and installation of our exhibit.   I would also like designing an interactive science center for visitors.

• Experience in exhibit design, fabrication, and installation
• Experience volunteering with elementary school children
• Experience in handling museum artifacts/collections

Lab Hours

9.5 hours in the museum putting together the exhibit

lab hours

2 hours today in the museum and about 5 hours I didn't count from last weekend to make
7 total hours

Lab Hours

I'm honestly not sure how many hours I've spent between writing panels, double checking spread sheets, and working on the discussion boards.  I'm just gonna guess at 5 hours though...

Schematics!

After much hard work and conversing Holly and I came up with this for our wall lay out!

Lab Hours

-1 hour last Tuesday getting dimensions for artifacts, walls, and cases
-2 1/2 hours last Thursday drawing up schematics for wall with Holly

Helpful measurements

With Carrie's aid today I was able to measure the height of the walls in the museum since we couldn't find that measurement recorded anywhere.  They are just over 9 ft. from the top of the baseboard to the bottom of the white trim.  I also measured the coffin cases up on the fourth floor just so everyone can have a little idea of what they can fit into them.  They are 5' from the ground up, 3' wide (left to right), 10" thick (top to bottom), and 2'4" deep (front to back).  I hope this helps everyone in finalizing schematics and dimensions for their walls.

Lab Hours

-40 minutes going through artifacts for parallel lives use

Possible Artifacts for Parallel Lives

Here is a list of the artifacts that the parallel lives team would like to utilize:
*Roman Bowl (Cristian)
*Parasol (Arielle)
*Silver Heart Box  (Jessica)
*Cake Tent (Arielle)
*Japanese Teacup (Fiona)
*Oil Lamp (David)
*Hebrew Inscribed Board (Gia)
*Ivory Handled Fan (Maria)
*Decorated Bead (David)
Chinese Tobacco Pouch (Nancy)
*Flint and Tinder Pouch (Reece)
Ivory Lid and Ring (Reece)
*Sun Shade (myself)
Taj Mahal Pin (Maria)
Arabian Kuffieh (Nathan)
*Ivory Handled Brushes (Angelina)
Buddhist Prayer on Leaf (Angelina)
Box of Seashells (Cristian)
Now clearly this is a long list so I have placed a * before the ones that we really want to use.  I will make any changes to this list if my team deems them necessary.

Point Person Assignments

Myself: Artifacts
Seya: Texts
Jim: Images
Holly: Props

Lab Hours

- 1 hr 15 min on storyboard on Thursday
- 40 min going through online images/records
- 1 hr 30 min researching Grand Tour
- 1 hr working on storyboard on Monday
total: - 4 1/2 hrs

Grand Tour Info

So I have spent my morning going through journal entries and such to map out Alice and her sisters' grand tour travels.  They spent the year 1889 abroad traveling over Europe.  In January they went to Switzerland, France, Persia, and Italy.  They spent roughly 4 months in Italy and ventured to the Vatican to see the Pope, went to the Egyptian Museum, and spent time in Venice and Milan.  In July they visited Germany, spent part of August in Bavaria, September was Prussia and England.  They sailed the Tames by steamer and in October they went to Paris for the Exposition and lighting of the Eiffel Tower.  December brought them back to Germany one last time and then they arrived back in New York on February 1st of 1890.  While Alice is not explicitly mentioned on most of the ventures it is safe to say she was present for most of them.  During their travels the girls learned French and German and spent their days shopping, going to museums, taking part in activities such as making candy, and conversing with locals.  There is mention of Alice's birthday in the travel journal (she turned 26), there is semi-frequent mention of the girls' mother but almost no mention of their father.  I will post more if I find anything significant.

lab hours

30 minutes on deed of gift project
~30 minutes researching the grand tour

Deed of gift project

My partner was Seya and she brought in a well worn Complete Works of William Shakespeare copyright 1906 which she purchased from a Sacramento thrift shop several years ago.


I brought in an acknowledgement of services and loss document for my great uncle Albion who served on the U.S.S. Houston when it was sunk by Japanese Navy ships.  It is signed by President Harry Truman (by auto-pen) and framed.

Catalog

I have the American and California Paintings & Sculpture catalog for Wednesday, June 14, 2000 in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

lab hours

40 minutes spent going through online accession records and 1 hour going through classmates blogs to get a sense of the whole collection

lab hours/accession numbers

Spent 40 minutes linking all of the blogs on my blog list (I had some trouble with it).  My accession numbers are [74-2-1], [74-2-2], [74-2-32], and [74-2-79].  I have misplaced my paper slips but I know that either [74-2-1] or [74-2-2] has an (a) and (b) component, it is the pair of knotted clubs pictured on my blog.

Lab Hours

Approximately 30 minutes sent retrieving and photographing artifacts from collection and approximately 30 minutes spent modifying blog design (adding pictures and changing basic layout)

testing post

Testing, 1 2 3 testing