Sections

Transcribed and collated together from several different versions of the sections abbreviations listed in the 'Key to abbreviation in store file', dated 4 May 1928 (archive reference: WA/HMM/CM/Cla/1).

Code	Sections
AAA	Stationery
AC	Surgical instruments, appliances & apparatus
AD	Model ships
AE	Trays
AL	Alchemist
ALB	Albums
AM	Amulet
AM	Lama's cylinder necklets
AN	Anatomical
ANN	Ammunition
AR	Armour
ART	Artist's material
AS	Astrological
AW	Bows and arrows
AZ	Adzes
BBB	Building material
BEN	Benevolent
Blind	Blindness
BOT	Botanical
BUD	Buddhas
C	Sheffield plate
CAM	Cameos
CAT	Catastrophe
CCC	Plaster casts
CEL	Celebrities
CH	Chiropodist and barber-surgeon's
CHS	Children's
CIR	Circumcision
CK	Clocks
CN	Coins, medals, etc
COS	Librettes
COS	Costume
Crim	Criminal relics
CUR	Currency
D	Pewter
DBC	Mummy boxes
DBC	Stelaes
DBC	Death, burial, and cremation
DD	Musical instruments
DDD	Equipment
DEN	Dentistry
DJ	Drug Jars
DOL	Dolls
DT	Delirium
EE	Korans and Koran cases
EE	Library
EEE	Mirrors
EL	Electrical apparatus
ETH	Ethnological
F	Bronzes
FET	Fetishes
FGD	Ships' figure heads
FM	Firemen's equipment, etc
FR	Furniture fittings
FT	Fortune Tellers
GAS	Gastronomical (items swallowed by people and removed by operation etc)
GD	Gourds
GEO	Geographical
GEOL	Geological
GR	Genealogical records
H	Bone, ivory, teeth, horns & Horn
HH	Implements
HOSP	Hospitals
HT	Helmets
HYD	Hydrological
HYG	Hygiene
IN	Inros
INC	Incense
JJ	Miniatures
Kake	Kakemonos, friezes, banners, flags, armorial bearings, etc
KO	Kosuka or Mozaka
LA	Landscapes
LAM	Lamps, candles, candlesticks, etc
LAS	Lantern slides & apparatus
LEN or LENS	Opera glasses, periscopes, telescopes, etc (NOT microscopes)
LL	Firelighters
MAG	Magic
MAT	Maternity
MC	Medicine chests
MED	Medicines, remedies, etc
MF	Model figures
MIC	Microscopes
MID	Midwifery
MIL	Military
MIS	Kauri gum carvings, etc
MIS	Miscellaneous
MK	Masks
MM	Figures of animals
MOR	Mortars and pestles, pounders
N	Firearms
NA	Naval
NET	Netsuke
NGN	Engines
NH	Natural History
NN	Weapons
NS	Nursing
O	Spears
OA	Old age
OE	Office equipment
OPT	Optical
ORTH	Orthopaedic
P	Knives, daggers, etc
PAD	Paddles
PED	Pedestals
PF	Powder flasks
PH	Physicians
PHA	Phallic
PHAR	Pharmacy
PHI	Phials
PHIL	Philosophers
PHO	Photographic
PLA	Plague & pestilence
PM	Perfume
POR	Portraits
PYW	Prayer wheels
Q	Halberds, axes, etc
QD	Quack doctors
R	Swords
REC	Recreation
RES	Rescue
RM	Religio Medico
ROM	Romance
RPTS	Sword parts
S	Furniture
S	Sickness
S & M	Saints & Martyrs
S.OB	Parturition chains
S.OB	Obstetrical furniture
SAG	Sagemonos
SAM	Samplers
SCB	Scarabs
SCI	Science
SD	Sundials
SE	Seals
SEN	Sennins
SH	Ships & shipping
SHL	Shields
SK	Skulls
SL	Silhoettes
SPEC	Spectacles
SPO	Spoons
SS	Enamels
STF	Staffs
STO	Stools
STY	Statuary
SUN	Sun protection
SUR	Surgical
SV	Souvenirs
SY	Syringes
T	Boxes, small caskets, and cases
TAB	Tablets, Assyrian, Babylonian, etc
TER	Thermometers, barometers, etc
TG	Time glasses
TOB	Tobacco, snuff etc
TOI	Toilet
Tool	Tools
TOR	Torture
TOY	Toys
TP	Tiles, paving, mosaics, etc
TRANS	Transparencies, paintings on glass, etc
TS	Tsubas
U	Chests and coffers (large)
VAC	Vaccination
VES	Vessels
VET	Veterinary
VO	Votive offerings
W	Wax figures
W & M	Weights & measures
WB	Water bottles
WD	Water doctor
WKS	Walking sticks
WO	Wounded
WP	Warming pans & other warmers
WS	War Section
WS.MED	War section medical
Xray	X-ray appliances etc
XX	Shells
Z	Fabrics
ZOD	Zodiacal