====== 317 Provenance Note and Method of Acquisition ======
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^Mandatory ^Repeatable ^Editable |
|no|only one occurrence per ownership description|yes|

===== Scope =====
General note on a specific ownership of the described copy.

===== Indicators =====
  * Indicator 1: **#** undefined (blank)
  * Indicator 2: **#** undefined (blank)

===== Subfields =====
  * **$6** (M;NR) Evidence Sequence Indicator 
  * **$a** (M;NR) Note
  * **$9** (O;NR) Method of Acquisition


===== Input Conventions =====
  * The evidence sequence indicator in **$6** groups all chunks of information that describe the evidence for a specific ownership. All fields with an identical subfield $6 within a record describe the same ownership.

  * The method of acquisition is indicated by a single character code in subfield **$9**:
    * **//a//** purchase
    * **//b//** donation
    * **//c//** bequest
    * **//d//** exchange
    * **//e//** institutional transfer
    * **//#//** unknown