From bcma@museumsassn.bc.ca Tue Dec 9 16:45:24 2008 From: bcma@museumsassn.bc.ca (BCMA) Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:45:24 -0800 Subject: [BCMA MBEN] [Fwd: Artifact offer] Message-ID: <493EA0A4.6040908@museumsassn.bc.ca> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010600020100070500020206 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Artifact offer Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 15:08:45 -0800 From: Bj-r Hello, The object is a wooden yoke brought to Canada by the owner who had lived there sometime around the 1920's-- he had told the story often that it used by the "49'ers" of the California gold rush but there is no documentation to support this. The yoke is similar to that shown in this photo of a Quarter Plate Daguerrotype of California Gold Miners. The yoke with two buckets is shouldered by one of the miners in the photo. I am now in a legal position to dispose of the object and would like to donate it to a public museum that can make use of this yoke in its collection. Barbara --------------010600020100070500020206 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -------- Original Message --------

Subject:	Artifact offer
Date:	Mon, 8 Dec 2008 15:08:45 -0800
From:	Bj-r <bj-r@shaw.ca>

Hello,

The object is a wooden yoke brought to Canada by the owner who had lived there sometime around the 1920's-- he had told the story often that it used by the "49'ers" of the California gold rush but there is no documentation to support this. The yoke is similar to that shown in this photo of a Quarter Plate Daguerrotype of California Gold Miners. The yoke with two buckets is shouldered by one of the miners in the photo.

I am now in a legal position to dispose of the object and would like to donate it to a public museum that can make use of this yoke in its collection.

Barbara

--------------010600020100070500020206-- From bcma@museumsassn.bc.ca Wed Dec 10 16:54:53 2008 From: bcma@museumsassn.bc.ca (BCMA) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:54:53 -0800 Subject: [BCMA MBEN] [Fwd: Artifact offer] Message-ID: <493FF45D.4000101@museumsassn.bc.ca> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [BCMA MBEN] [Fwd: Artifact offer] Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 19:55:16 -0800 From: Sam Carter Hello Barbara: What is the size of the yoke, How have you been able to determine the provenance of the piece? I am sure you will have no problem donating the piece to a museum for a tax receipt. What is the value of the piece? Are you expecting to sell it or donate the piece? Do you have a photo of the artefact? Regards, Sam Carter On Dec 9, 2008, at 8:45 AM, BCMA wrote: > From JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca Sat Dec 20 00:28:52 2008 From: JHarding@MuseumsAssn.bc.ca (Jim Harding) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:28:52 -0800 Subject: [BCMA MBEN] BCMA Holiday Office & Listserv Closure Message-ID: <494BCBC4.15845.4DF3E819@JHarding.MuseumsAssn.bc.ca>

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