Lab hours and Creepy Urn :D

I spent about 2.5 hours yesterday going through everyone's blogs as well as Dr. Castenada's, which took a while but I feel like I have a much better understanding of the exhibit process. I also spent part of this time viewing all the images of our objects, and saving/loading the pictures of my objects onto my blog-page [which I'm very proud of myself for doing] I'm glad that the photos are so detailed and am very excited about the original tags.
Today I've spent 2 more hours attempting to load an RSS feed, and despite all the instruction we've received about it [and reading Carrie's blog] I still don't get it. I downloaded the Feedreader but am hesitant to use it due to the drawbacks Carrie mentioned. I have Yahoo as my homepage but can't figure out how to add the RSS gadget. [Going to keep trying, but just wondering if it's absolutely necessary to have?]
Also went through the accession file on SacCT, and we have a good spread of objects from various areas [it will be hard to pick just one to follow]. It was interesting to read all the letters and evaluations of the objects over time. I got all giddy when I read the notes about the ceramic urn...which has an interesting story to it.

For that reason I need to decide between BAS147 and the ceramic urn to be featured on the postcard... It would make the most sense to feature the basket so it will flow with the rest of the weaving detailed thumbnails that are featured [and it would be great to have a close-up of the red feathers]. So I've decided that this basket will be on the postcard [I believe this is the Pomo one].
I'll finish up the evening reviewing the readings for the quiz, which I guess can count toward 30 minutes of labtime?

Looking forward to class discussion/ guest speaker tomorrow

Total: 4.5 hours

threading of ideas..at some point they will make sense

I'm disappointed about missing the Maidu re-opening on Saturday [work got in the way, unfortunately] Of course it would have been interesting, but it would have been nice to get some ideas/ inspiration for our exhibit. But I look forward to hearing what everyone has to say about it in class.
Here are my new accession numbers which I hope to meet tomorrow during Castaneda's office hours:
*BAS0147 74-32-2-18
*BAS0183 74-32-2-43
*CER257 80-1-34 [the new addition]

I've been mulling over other people's blogs regarding the exhibit. I agree that it should incorporate NAGPRA and the Cotton collection while somehow showing our process/research as well. I liked Vanessa's titles,"Weaving Life through Native California" and think she makes a valid point about most of the museum visitors may not be familiar with NAGPRA if we were to use it in the title. Also Amanda's idea "Who Collects the Collectors?" sounded interesting.
I also like the idea that many have tossed around, about comparing tourist and authentic objects. I think this would be important to understand.
Hopefully I'll be able to do a little more research tomorrow before class.

Time: 1.5 hours