That's what we do too, since 'it's all about as few boxes as possible on
the shelf' (since they cost $600 ea. to curate).  :o)
Besides, I get enough dirty looks from the Higher Power if I am 'caught'
spending ('wasting') time co-mending pieces; permanently gluing would be
out of the question (and way out of budget).   But, obviously
universities, and such...probably have the luxury of volunteer/student
labor...and such...so may not have the money issue.

Now...what kind of tape do you use?  :o)

Ah hem...God made the bits?  Or do you mean...as in particles of sand
and clay...etc.?  Ha ha.

PS.  Really didn't mean to send my comment to Nate, to the whole List
yest. Oops.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: praetzellis [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
>Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:10 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: To glue or not to glue, that is the question...
>
>
>Shockingly enough, we don't glue stuff back together!
>We tape things temporarily for photos and to get MNIs, then we 
>pull em appart when we're done. It uses up less space in the box.
>
>Offhand, I can't really think of a reason to glue stuff -- 
>even for exhibit purposes -- it just encourages artifact 
>fetishism. I prefer the stuff in bits the way God made it.
>
>Adrian Praetzellis
>Sonoma State University
>