Caring for Cultural Material 1

Caring for Cultural Material 2

Damage and Decay

Managing Collections

Managing People

Handling, Transportation, Storage and Display

Glossary

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Caring for Cultural Material 2
In this volume:
– Textiles
– Leather
arrow Wood
– Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Material
– Metals
– Outdoor Collections
– Acknowledgments
Wood
In this chapter:
– Objectives
– Introduction
– An introduction to the anatomy and chemistry of wood
– What are the most common causes and types of damage?
arrow Common causes of damage
– The do’s and don’ts of handling wooden objects
– Some basic do’s and don’ts of repair and cleaning
– Ideal conditions for storing and displaying wooden objects
– General storage and display guidelines
– Coating wooden objects
– Summary of conditions for storage and display
– Wooden objects in Australia’s climatic zones
  MORE ABOUT WOOD
– Additional notes on fungal attack of wood
– For further reading
– Self-evaluation quiz
– Answers to self-evaluation quiz

 

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Wood

Common causes of damage

All the most common types of damage are caused by:

  • poor handling;

  • poor storage methods;

  • inappropriate display methods;

  • chemical and physical changes in the objects themselves; and

  • a combination of any or all of these.

The following sections outline practical steps you can take to minimise this type of damage.

 

 

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