36680
Accession Number
30002
Author
Kwon, Hyuk-nam; Ahn, Byong-chan
Title Of Article Chaper
Report on the Conservation Treatment for the Artifacts Exhibited in the newly-opened Kimhae National Museum
Title Of Journal Book
Conservation Science in Museum
Volume
1
Pages
15-26
Collation
ills.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references
Publisher
The National Museum of Korea
Language Of Text
Korean
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
More than 200 objects selected for the newly-opened Kimhae National Museum were treated for conservation. The objects which represent ancient Kaya culture, were mainly composed of metallic such as gilt bronze, silver, copper alloy and iron. The corrosion products on gilt bronze and copper alloy objects were preserved or removed according to their stability. Minimum treatment was done for preserving the original state of the objects. For silver objects and iron objects with silver-plate decorations, silver surfaces were revealed after treatment of corrosion products and treatments to prevent corrosion of silver and iron were done emphatically. For iron objects, which were stabilized, the original shape of objects was restored and acrylic coating was applied to prevent further corrosion. For the objects which were being corroded, 2-step de-chloride treatments were undertaken. The first step was immersing the objects in a solutionn of 0.3M sodium hydroxide and the second was the pressure de-chloride treatment using borax-distilled water. The main purpose of those treatments was to get rid of the causes of corrosion. Besides, conservation treatments for potteries, making of special mounting board for exhibition and amendment of various modeling were done too.
Keywords
conservation; treatment; artifact; museum
pub_id
36680