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
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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?
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
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Additional information on Previous Possessions, New Obligations—a national policy
Mould on objects
Mounting bark paintings
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Self-evaluation quiz
Answers to self-evaluation quiz

 

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For further reading

Coote, K. 1995, 'Mounting Aboriginal Bark Paintings', SSCR Journal, Vol. 6 (2) The Scottish Society for Conservation and Preservation Edinburgh, pp 7–9.

Coote, K., ed. 1997, Care of Collections for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Centres, Australian Museum, Sydney

Hansen, Eric, Walston, Sue and Bishop, M.H., eds. 1993, 'Matt Paint', a bibliographic supplement to Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts, vol. 30. The Getty Conservation Institute in association with the International Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, London.

Phillips, S. and Gaulton, A. A Storage and Transportation System for Pukamani Poles, AICCM Bulletin, Vol. 9, (3–4), Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material, Canberra, pp 93-100.

Scott, G. Kelly, M. 1991, 'Improving Access to Stored Objects: Support Systems for the Ethnographic Collections of the Australian Museum', AICCM Bulletin, Vol. 17, (1–2), Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material, Canberra, pp 31–50.

Walston, S. 1986, 'A Mounting System for Paintings on Bark', Symposium 86: The Care and Preservation of Ethnological Materials, the Canadian Conservation Institute, Ottawa, Canada, pp 173–177.

Walston, S. Coote, K. Horton-James, D. 1988, Ethnographic Collections: Case Studies in the Conservation of Moisture-Sensitive and Fragile Materials, Museum Conservation of Ethnographic Objects, Senri Ethnological Studies No 23, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan, pp 69–110.

 

 

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