SEPARATE THE OBJECT FROM THE STORY
Object Story & Provenance Worksheet
Build a research record that distinguishes documented facts, attributed accounts and questions. Preserve uncertainty instead of making an attractive story sound settled.
Leave with a usable record
Organize an object’s maker, date, materials, source trail and uncertainty into a personal research record.
No sign-up. No automated messages. Download and review your own work.
Your entries stay in this page’s memory. This utility does not submit or save them. Download a JSON file to resume later; closing or refreshing the page clears the entries. Avoid confidential information.
Fields marked * are needed for a complete working brief. Unknown details can remain blank and will be flagged.
Set the context
Add the working details
Your working brief
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Resume from a saved file
Choose a JSON file previously downloaded from this utility. Loading replaces the current entries after confirmation. Maximum 1 MB and 60 items.
Before you use the output
Keep source references specific enough that another person could follow the same trail.
The output preserves a record of uncertainty; it does not convert confidence labels into proof.
- An assertion in an auction listing is still an attributed assertion.
- The worksheet does not authenticate, value or establish title to an object.
Keep the next step connected
Use the related collection to find another practical worksheet for this work.