Improvement of Storage and Access to Native American Basket Collection

在国家科学基金会的支持下，加州大学伯克利分校的菲比赫斯特人类学博物馆将购买一个有147个橱柜的压缩机货架系统，每个橱柜都配有内部货架和铰链门。这些将用于存储博物馆的美洲土著篮子收集。最大的部分包括来自加州的9,014个标本。另有2，235人来自北美其他地区。收藏目录中的第一个条目可以追溯到1901年，博物馆一直致力于收集材料，记录这一人工制品类别随时间的变化和变化。这些材料都附有优秀的文件，在某些情况下，这不仅包括成品，而且还包括原材料，它是从沿着与信息的细节，制造过程。该收藏已被广泛用于研究目的，每年都有许多学者要求访问这些材料。 由于空间有限，这些篮子存放不当。物品一个叠在另一个里面，这种做法可能会导致形状变形。这也意味着，为了取回单个样品，必须移动许多样品，结果是不可接受的磨损程度。大学已提供额外空间，如能妥善使用，将可纾缓挤迫的问题。压实机提供了一个很好的和广泛使用的手段，以储存大量的材料在一个相对较小的空间，这项赠款将允许篮子储存没有堆叠。这将加强对这些材料的保护，并使希望研究这些材料的人类学家更容易接触到这些材料。

With National Science Foundation support, the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley will purchase a compactor shelving system with 147 cabinets, each supplied with internal shelving and hinged doors. These will be used to store the museum's collection of Native American baskets. The largest portion consists of 9,014 specimens from California. An additional 2,235 derive from other areas in North America. The first entry in the collection's catalogue dates to 1901 and the museum has worked consistently to the present time to collect materials which document the variability and change over time of this artifact class. The materials are accompanied by excellent documentation which in some cases this includes not only finished product, but also the raw materials from which it was made along with information on details of the manufacturing process. The collection has been widely used for research purposes and each year many scholars request access to this material. Because of limited space these baskets have been improperly stored. Items are stacked one inside the other, a practice which can lead to deformation in shape. This also means that to retrieve a single specimen, many must be moved and the result is an unacceptable degree of wear and tear. The University has made additional space available which, if properly used, will alleviate the overcrowding problem. Compactors provide an excellent and widely employed means to store large amounts of material in a relatively small space and this grant will permit the baskets to be stored without stacking. This will result in enhanced preservation of the materials and improve access to anthropologists who wish to study them.