General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

3

Total Parts

4

AKA

document clip

Patents

N/A

General Description

All metal clip has black spine and silver metal arms.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

4.7 cm

Width

2.6 cm

Height

1.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Office equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Haiti

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Specific: These items used between 2010 and 2013.

Canada

Item from comprehensive collection of tools and technologies used by a Canadian prospector, who worked in the exploration division of Newmont Mining Corporation in Haiti between 2010 and 2013. This collection reflects three aspects of the modern Canadian mining, crucial to the understanding of this sector: mobility of the workforce, ethnicity in the workforce, and globalization. The mining workforce has been highly mobile on both community and individual levels. Entire towns formed around mining operations and died or changed their character when the resources were exhausted. Mining professionals, especially in the field of mineral exploration, work in various often remote locations around the globe, and cover long distances in their daily work. The items donated to the Museum well represent the type of tools and technologies necessary to working outdoors, in remote locations, and a tropical climate. Ethnicity continues to play a role in the sector’s hiring practices. In this particular case, an employer looked for a recent graduate, bilingual prospector, educated in Canada, who could also communicate in Haitian-Creole. A set of hiring criteria in mining is often very specific and difficult to meet by Canadian graduates, but essential to succeeding in exploration projects conducted abroad. Donated artifacts reflect Haitian-Creole cultural context of Newmont operations. [Ref. 1]

Function

To secure loose paper together, or to another object. Specific: to secure contents of folding mapping board.

Technical

Part of a collection which contains tools and technologies used by Canadian prospectors abroad. This map board was made by donor. Map boards are an important tool; they need to be light and small enough to carry, but large enough to support sheets of paper used for mapping. Ralph made this board to fit his needs rather than purchase a ready made board, but he also said that one tool that he would have really liked to have in Haiti was a proper (although costly) map board. [Ref. 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

None evident.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

All metal clip has black spine and silver metal arms.

Decoration

N/A