TEST example for Place Entry

Object/Artifact

Museum of the Palestinian People

Name/Title

TEST example for Place Entry

Entry/Object ID

TEST2025

Description

How to enter multiple places in CatalogIt. See this TEST Example entries in Related Places. Four main categories of places for each object: 1. "Where created" or main place of manufacture or creation should be the main "Place" (mother place). 2. "Where acquired/purchased" should be the place in "Provenance" 3. "Component-Origin" or Locations where parts/materials were made, should be "Related Place(s)" with clear tags in the notes. 4. "Movement/Travel" or Migration or displacement history should be "Related Place(s)" with clear tags in the notes. In this example, assume a dress with thread from Hebron was assembled somewhere in Palestine in 1945, was relocated to Bethlehem in 1948, acquired in an Amman market in 1971, and then donated to MPP in 2023. 1. Mother "Place" should be the most general, overarching place that is most representative. PALESTINE (HISTORIC) 2. Provenance Place: Amman, market in 1971 3. Component-Origin (each place has 5 elements in the notes): Related Place: Hebron type: component-origin component: embroidery thread date: early 20th c. certainty: approximate notes: Dyed and spun in Hebron Related Place: Damascus type: component-origin component: sleeves date: mid 20th c. certainty: approximate notes: Woven in Syria 4. Movement/Travel of the dress (each place has 4 elements in the notes):: Related place: Bethlehem type: travel date: 1948–1952 certainty: approximate notes: Object moved with owner after Nakba Related place: MPP in Washington, DC type: travel date: 2023 certainty: precise notes: Object donated to MPP

Made/Created

Date made

1945

Place

Historical Region

Palestine (Historic)

Continent

Asia

Notes

Assembled with components from multiple places.

Relationships

Related Places

Place

City

Palestine (Historic) - Hebron

Historical Region

Palestine (Historic)

Continent

Asia

Notes

type: component-origin component: embroidery thread date: early 20th c. certainty: precise notes: Dyed and spun in Hebron

Place

City

Damascus

Country

Syria

Continent

Asia

Notes

type: component-origin component: sleeves date: mid 20th c. certainty: approximate notes: Woven in Syria

Place

* Untyped Place

Bethlehem, Palestine

Notes

type: travel date: 1948–1952 certainty: approximate notes: Object moved with owner after Nakba

Place

City

Washington, DC

State/Province

District of Columbia

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

type: travel date: 2023 certainty: precise notes: Object donated to MPP