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Figure 11.7 (a) A simple profiling tracing device used to trace the outline of small artifacts. A small pencil lead is set at the join between the base and the upright so that the vertical profile can then be traced on the paper. (b) A profiler is made up of a large number of strips that can be pushed down on an object to record the profile. Once the strips smoothly contour the object, the profiler is removed and its outline traced on the artifact drawing. In this case the operator is recording the profile of a small porcelain jarlet. (Figure 11.7b is courtesy of Brian Richards, Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum.)