Embrittlement of Black Resin: Discoveries during the Challenging Conservation  Treatment of a Chokwe Mukanda Mask

De Paepe, Anoek

Authors

De Paepe, Anoek

Discipline

Arts

History and Archaeology

Subject

Archives and collection management - Conservation Lab

Audience

Scientific

Date

2020

Publisher

ICOM-CC International council of museums - Committee for Conservation

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Description

This paper discusses the main deterioration problems of Chokwe mukanda masks in the collection of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), with the emphasis on the embrittlement of the black resin typically used on the masks. Furthermore, the paper describes the conservation treatment of one mask a Chokwe mukanda mask (SJ.2319) currently housed at the RMCA for travel and display.

Citation

De Paepe, Anoek (2020). Embrittlement of Black Resin: Discoveries during the Challenging Conservation Treatment of a Chokwe Mukanda Mask. , Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures: Conservation Newsletter, Vol. 5, ICOM-CC International council of museums - Committee for Conservation, ISSN: 2517-9683,

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issn: 2517-9683

uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/12556

url: file:///C:/Users/ADePaepe/Downloads/Newsletter%20Objects%20WG%20no%205%20June%202020%20(1).pdf