Goodbye to Kim

Well today was my last day at the warehouse, tear I got there and I had been working on native indian artifacts, mainly arrowheads. Kim has a degree in artifact restoration so she showed me how to properly package the arrowheads for storage. So she started out with me tracing the arrowheads onto a foam like square and I cut little cubby holes with a scalpel. (by the way, the scalpel was so sharp, I didnt see how many cuts i got until I saw blood. yummy.) but then i put the arrowheads in their holes, made sure they fit, then put double-sided tape on it and taped it to a sturdy board. I made about two of these boxes, despite what you may think, this took about 3.5 hours to do. This really helps Kim out because if you do it right, then she wont have to go back later on and keep updating the quality of packaging the artifcats are in. Just do it right the first time and it will save her SOOO much time! I got done and was ready to leave and two more people came in and this poor girl had to paint numbers on the arrowheads, which wasnt that bad except for the tiny ones which were like 1/8 of an inch long. So I started to leave and Kim gave me a goody bag haha! there was like a mug, pencil, calendar, and t-shirt in it, it was so thoughtful! anyways i’m gonna miss going through other people’s stuff as creepy as that sounds. But I would have never known about Ah Louis if it wasnt for this experience and learning how much he really did impact san luis obispo!

Day 2 and the learning continues…

So I had my second day last friday and it was pretty much the same as last time, except I got to work on items relating to Native Americans. I finished up the last of the Elsie Louis material, and there were many pictures of her this time. I found out she was never married and had no children, no wonder she had time to do so many activities! Then Kimberly gave me another box that contained native american arrowheads, and tons of them! So I started writing down the descriptions of all them, then traced them onto paper, then photographed them all because Kim is in the process of digitizing all articles donated. Another regular volunteer came in and she was so fascinated with everything, she was so cute. So I finished up working with the arrowheads, and Kimberly put that box aside for me so when I came back she would show me how to properly store the items, after all, shes a pro and has a degree in artifact restoration!

 -Amanda Flint