Condition notes

Cataloguing tips

Record the object’s condition in more detail. Note any weakness, damage or deterioration (see the list below).

Record if the object requires particular care such as:

• Handling

• Pest control

• Packing

• Conservation treatment

• Regular monitoring

Use the term you pick from the list to start the report, recording what you see and its location. Use as many terms as required, ideally with bullet points for each one.

If an object requires treatment (borer treatment, mould treatment) record this in the conservation treatment field.

Examples

Abrasions Accretions Adherences Adhering Adhesive residue Bleeding Blistered Borer Brittle Buckled Burnt/scorched Chipped Cockled Compressed Corroded Cracked Creased Cupped Cut Delaminated Delaminating Dented Discoloured Disjoined Distorted Dusty

Faded Fingerprints Flaking Fly spots Fold lines Foxed Fraying Frilling Holes Inclusions Incomplete Inherent instability Insect active Insect damage Insect frass Insect passive Insect residue Label removed/damaged Loss of luster/dull Losses Missing parts Moths Mould active Mould residue Mould stains

Odour Paint/substance transfer Perspiration stains Rot Scratched Shedding Silverfish Silvering Soiled – archaeological Soiled – other Split Split/fractured Spotted Stained Stitching unraveling Tangled Thin/weak Torn Unravelling Warped Water damaged Weak joins/seams Worn Yellowed

 

Source: Te Papa Tongarewa, National Services Te Paerangi Condition Reporting Forms Template

Search tips

You can search on this field with:

condition_notes

For example, enter condition_notes: rust* into the search field to find all object condition notes including rust, rusts, rusty, or rusted.

Related fields

• Condition date

• Condition keyword

• Condition part

• Condition person