This page is part of the International Guidelines for Museum Object Information: The CIDOC Information Categories: a description of the Information Categories that can be used when developing records about the objects in museum collections. For an outline of the Information Groups and Categories in the Guidelines, turn to the introductory list.
Purpose:
Object association information supports Access and an Historic archive. It can be recorded for all types of collection disciplines.
Information categories:
Associated place
Associated date
Associated
group/person name
Association type
Original function
Examples:
Associated
place: Nebraska
Associated group/person name: Giles. JK
Association
type: owner
Original function: carving tool
Associated place:
South Africa
Associated date: c.1900
Associated group/person
name: Zulu
Association type: user
Original function: ceremonial
Notes:
Definition:
The name of a place associated with the history of the object or specimen.
Examples:
Karystos/Evia/Greece/Europe
Spurn Point/North Humberside/England/Europe
Notes:
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Definition:
The date or date range associated with the history of the object or specimen.
Examples:
c.1883
1956-01-21
1200-1400
600BC
10BCE
Notes:
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Alternate names:
People name
Folk name
Organization name
Nation name
Definition:
The person, group, or organization associated with the history of the object or specimen.
Examples:
Iroquois
Heals Ltd
Jones,
I
Notes:
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Definition:
The way in which the person/group, date, or place is associated with the history of the object or specimen.
Examples:
excavation
collection
creation
use
Notes:
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Alternate names:
Use
Definition:
The way in which the object was known to have been used.
Examples:
Ceremonial bowl, used during marriage celebrations.
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Move to outline of the Information Groups and Categories or the next section of the Guidelines, Object collection
file: guideass.htm; author: CIDOC; updated June 1995