Object Analysis Guide

1. Look carefully at the object. At first glance can you tell what the object is?
2. Use your powers of observation. On another piece of paper, sketch the object or describe the object to a friend who has never seen it.
3. Describe the Object:
1. What materials is it made of?
2. Are there any design on it? Describe them.
4. Maker:
1. Who do you think made the object? How can you tell?
2. Where do you think it was made? How can you tell?
3. What does the object tell you about the person who made it?
5. Use:
1. How do you think this object was used?
2. Who might have used it?
3. Where might the object have been used?
4. Do you think it was valuable to the user? Why or why not?
5. What does the object tell you about the person who used it?
6. What question do you have ago the object that you can't answer?