16757
Accession Number
25174
Title Of Article Chaper
Technical methods in the preservation of anthropological museum specimens: part III
Title Of Journal Book
Saskatchewan museums quarterly
Pages
32-45
ISSN
0381-1042
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Note concerning a few possibilities of deterioration and consecutive care of materials of vegetable and mineral origin. The consolidation of textiles and the problems concerning wood drying and biological attack and control are discussed. The methods of treatment for the fibre on which beads are strung and the corrosion of copper and iron specimens as well as pottery handling are described.
Keywords
Museum, collection; wood, conservation; wood, biodeterioration; textile, impregnation consolidation; textile, conservation; museum, collection maintenance; museum, climatology; museum, ethnography; museum, storage; wood, consolidation; ceramic, conservation; glass, bead; basketry, conservation; metal, corrosion; metal, conservation; ICCROM
pub_id
16757