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32.
NOTES ON THE SAFEGUARDING AND CONSERVING CULTURAL MATERIAL IN THE FIELD               

and/or have labels attached to them.  [[underlined]] In the case of archaeological and scientific collections [[/underlined]] especially, see that the object and label ^[are never separated, as in many cases the label] is the only means of knowing what the object is.  In the case of churches and public buildings, guide books will often list the more important objects; and in some countries (notably Italy) there are official publications giving complete lists of contents.

Don't be content with one copy of any list, inventory or catalogue. Spare copies will be required
  (a) In case of loss
  (b) For various branches of the occupying authorities (probably)
  (c) For each type of expert concerned with restoration work.

Curators and custodians, and private owners can be of the greatest assistance in all this work.
  (iii) In the case of
      (a) Broken objects, when the number of fragments is small
      (b) Objects composed of several pieces which are easily removable
  see that each fragment or each part is numbered.  This is especially useful if the object has to be moved, with the likelihood of some fragment or part going astray.  A convenient system is to have a master number for the