Ethnographic collections are very difficult to store, and items like bows, arrow, clubs, paddles, adzes, axes, canoes, totem poles, large carvings, and barkcloth masks require individual storage boxes or rack systems. Tray fittings for adzes and axes can make the storage of these a simple matter. Environmental considerations are also important. Canoes and totem poles are among the most difficult to store on account of their size; special racks can be made so that they can be safely positioned one above the other on a wall space. Arrows, bows, spears, clubs, and paddles can be put onto sliding racks, thus making study by students much easier than having to untie bundles, etc. -- AATA