[BCMA] Unknown artefact

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

It sounds like your museum needs a Collections Policy which would help your staff to refuse things like this that have no relevance to your museum's mandate. You do not have to accept everything that a donor offers.

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Colin MacGregor Stevens
Richmond,
British Columbia,
CANADA



> On Apr 11, 2014, at 1:00 PM, "Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv." <bcma at lists.vvv.com> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> The Westbank Museum was recently given a box of these tiny Arabian inspired mats. Does anyone know what they are or what they were used for? Our donator had them in her grandmothers trunk, and believes they were sold in packages with cigars or cigarettes.
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> Kind regards,
> Anastasia
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> Westbank Museum
> 2376 Dobbin Road
> Westbank, B.C. V4T 2H9
> 250-768-0110
> www.westbankmuseum.com
> info at westbankmuseum.com
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