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Visual & Material Culture Cataloguing
  • Introduction
  • Cataloguing History
  • METADATA FRAMEWORK
    • Metadata Elements
      • Identification Number
      • Number of Objects
      • Object Type
      • Creator
        • Relator Term List
      • Title/Brief Description
      • Inscription / Marks
      • Date of Creation
      • Place of Creation
      • Dimensions
      • Technique and Materials
        • Technique List
        • Material List
      • Colour
      • Edition
      • State
      • Language
      • Subjects
      • Wellcome Legacy Subject Classification
      • Provenance
      • Detailed Visual Description
      • Citation
      • Sources of Information
      • Exhibition Information
      • Related Material
      • Condition
      • Copyright
      • Location
      • Catalogued Date
    • Metadata Crosswalk
  • CATALOGUING AIDS
    • Library: MARC / Sierra
    • Archives: ISAD(G) /CALM
    • Format Examples
      • Drawing
      • Painting
      • Photograph
      • Print
      • 3D Object
      • Album / Group
    • Content Considerations
    • Identification
      • Identifying paintings
      • Identifying prints
      • Identifying photographs
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  1. METADATA FRAMEWORK
  2. Metadata Elements

Place of Creation

Required, if known: 2D Objects, 3D Objects

Definition

This element records the place of creation and/or publication of an object.

Terminology

Record as it appears on the work.

Stanleyville

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

If not supplied and can be determined from supporting documentation or publications, record as current town/city then country.

Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo

United Kingdom

If place of creation or publication is unknown, use the geographic or cultural origin of the creator instead.

Nepal

Italy

If uncertain or place is ambiguous include the term possibly or probably before it.

If no place can be ascertained then leave blank.

Group of Objects

Record all known places of creation and/or publication associated with the group of objects as suggested above.

If this would result in too many different places than is practicable, choose the most prominent or common.

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