Nomenclature 4.0 for Museum Cataloging: Robert G. Chenhall's System for Classifying Cultural ObjectsPaul Bourcier, Heather Dunn, The Nomenclature Task Force Nomenclature 4.0 for Museum Cataloging is an updated and expanded edition of Robert G. Chenhall’s system for classifying human-made objects, originally published in 1978. The Chenhall system is the standard cataloging tool for thousands of museums and historical organizations across the United States and Canada. For this fourth edition, hundreds of new terms have been added, and every category, class, sub-class, and object term has been reviewed and revised as needed by a professional task force appointed by the American Association for State and Local History. This new edition features crucial revisions including: • A revised and updated users’ guide with new tips and advice • An expanded controlled vocabulary featuring nearly 950 new preferred terms • 475 more non-preferred terms in the index • An expanded and reorganized section on water transportation • Expanded coverage of exchange media, digital collections, electronic devices, archaeological and ethnographic objects, and more |
Contents
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CATEGORY 3 PERSONAL OBJECTS | 81 |
CATEGORY 4 TOOLS EQUIPMENT FOR MATERIALS | 123 |
CATEGORY 5 TOOLS EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY | 261 |
CATEGORY 6 TOOLS EQUIPMENT FOR COMMUNICATION | 359 |
CATEGORY 7 DISTRIBUTION TRANSPORTATION OBJECTS | 409 |
CATEGORY 8 COMMUNICATION OBJECTS | 449 |
CATEGORY 9 RECREATIONAL OBJECTS | 501 |
CATEGORY 10 UNCLASSIFIABLE OBJECTS | 527 |
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Common terms and phrases
Animal appropriate Ball Basket Bench Bottle Bowl Brush Cabinet Camera Card cataloger Category Chair Chisel Clamp class includes Clothing components container specifically designed Cutter Definition Dental designed for protecting Dish Documents Drawknife Drill Electric equipment Field Hockey Fishing Fork Game Gatineau Gauge Gear Hammer Headwear Note Helmet Holder Hook HVAC includes objects Instrument Knife Laboratory Flask Lamp listed Machine Main Garments Media Metal Metalworking Mold Museum Musical Needle Nomenclature 4.0 Nomenclature term Notes Primary ObjectTerm Objects originally created ObjectTerm SecondaryTerm TertiaryTerm organized Parks Canada Phonograph Photographic Plane Plate Primary ObjectTerm SecondaryTerm protecting and/or transporting Punch Rack Record Scraper SecondaryTerm TertiaryTerm Notes serve Ship’s Shoe Sound Communication Devices Spoon Storage & Display structures sub-class includes subject field supplies originally created Support Furniture Swage Table Tape TertiaryTerm Notes Note TertiaryTerm Notes Sub-Class Tester Tongs Tools Tray Tube Vehicle Vessel Watercraft Wheel Wrench