Improvement of Storage and Access to Native American Basket Collection

在美国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包含147个橱柜的压实机搁架系统，每个橱柜都配有内部搁架和铰链门。这些将用来存放博物馆收藏的印第安人篮子。其中最大的一部分是来自加利福尼亚的9014个标本。另有2235人来自北美其他地区。藏品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，记录这类人工制品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，这些文件不仅包括成品，还包括制造成品的原材料以及制造过程的详细信息。这些资料被广泛用于研究目的，每年都有许多学者要求查阅这些资料。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，这种做法会导致形状变形。这也意味着，为了找回单个标本，必须移动许多标本，结果是不可接受的磨损程度。大学已提供额外空间，如使用得当，可纾缓过度拥挤的问题。压实机提供了一个优秀的和广泛使用的手段，以存储大量的材料在一个相对较小的空间，这笔赠款将允许储存篮没有堆叠。这将加强对材料的保存，并使希望研究这些材料的人类学家更容易接触到它们。

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.