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Title Of Article Chaper
Mounting ethnographic garments
Title Of Journal Book
Curator
Volume
29
Issue
4
Pages
279-294
Collation
6 photos, 8 diagrams, list of materials
Publisher
American Museum of Natural History
Publisher City
New York
ISSN
0011-3069
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The Field Museum of Natural History opened its Hall of Maritime Peoples of the Arctic and Northwest Coast in 1982 after seven years of preparation. This article indicates agreements reached among conservators, curators, and designers for safe long-term display of the garments involved. It then describes and illustrates the types of padded plywood and acrylic mounts designed to hold the garments on exhibit. Descriptions detail the specific materials and methods used.
Keywords
America;Conservation;Costume;Display;Ethnography;Eskimo; Exhibition; Indian;Leather;Mounting;Museum;Skin;Textile AATA
pub_id
27516