24860
Accession Number
26592
Title Of Article Chaper
Two Gold Alloy Birds from Central America
Title Of Journal Book
Papers presented by trainees at the Fifteenth Annual Art Conservation Training Programs Conference, April 28-29, 1989
Collation
20 p. : ill.
Reference Bibliography
Bibliography: p. (18)-(20)
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
The Fifteenth Annual Art Conservation Training Programs Conference
Abstract
Two bird figure pendants from Panama, made from a copper-gold alloy known as tumbaga were examined and treated. The examination reveals that the pendants were cast using the lost wax process and gilded using a depletion process. The treatment and mounting of the objects is also outlined.
Keywords
gold;alloy;bird;Central America;Panama;pendant;copper
pub_id
24860
Meeting Date
19890428-19890429