Andrea and I inventoried a few boxes from the Netherlands Ethnological Collections. The first box was filled to the brim with patterns. Little tiny baby clothing patterns. All hand made and insanely adorbs. The box even held many of the garments made from the patterns. I absolutely love when things are in sets. So often things are acquired to museums as simply pieces and parts of things [a reason why I love the lace making tools and photo from day 8]. There were also several samplers. These made me happy I wasn't growing up in the Netherlands as a girl in the 1800s. So many tiny stitches.
I finished the day entering accession numbers and new locations into the computer. Always a bit daunting, as the list never seems to get shorter, but I was happy to discover that the set of 106 tiles that we inventoried the other day is listed as one unit in the database. That means 105 less numbers to type in and 105 less location codes to enter. It's the little things.
These are two little gems [ducks] from the taxidermy collection. Each little treasure is neatly boxed with a backdrop that should be similar to their habitat. There is also a handle on top for easy transport. [I was simply not aware that dead, stuffed things could be so heavy. I moved a giant owl as well.]
This is a little bitty dress pattern. We also have the dress.
I thought this was probably the cutest box of cocoa ever.
We had an entire box of [what I was calling] lady stuffs [all day]. It was really neat to see all of the beaded purses [like this one], hat pins, jewelry and sewing supplies.
Happy Wednesday everyone.
Oh god those beaded purses were ridiculous. I remember when I was younger my grandma has a whole box full of them.
ReplyDeleteTell her I want all of them. Hahaha so lovely.
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