Caring for Cultural Material 1

Caring for Cultural Material 2

Damage and Decay

Managing Collections

Managing People

Handling, Transportation, Storage and Display

Glossary

Index

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Caring for Cultural Material 2
In this volume:
– Textiles
– Leather
– Wood
arrow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Material
– Metals
– Outdoor Collections
– Acknowledgments
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Material
In this chapter:
– Objectives
– Introduction
– Previous Possessions, New Obligations—a national policy
– Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage items in collections
– What are the most common types and causes of damage?
arrow Common causes of damage
– The do's and don'ts of handling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage items
– Storing and displaying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage items
– Care of bark paintings
– Care of items made from fibres
– Care of wooden objects
– Natural adhesives and cements
– Paint media on canvas and paper
– Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage items in Australia's climatic zones
  MORE ABOUT ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HERITAGE ITEMS
– Additional information on Previous Possessions, New Obligations—a national policy
– Mould on objects
– Mounting bark paintings
– For further reading
– Self-evaluation quiz
– Answers to self-evaluation quiz

 

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Material

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; or

  • a combination of any and all of these.

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Photograph courtesy of Karen Coote, Australian Museum

 

 

 

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