Embrittlement of Black Resin: Discoveries during the Challenging Conservation Treatment of a Chokwe Mukanda Mask
| dc.contributor.author | De Paepe, Anoek | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Sabine Cotte and Catherine Smith | |
| dc.date | 2020 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-14T13:22:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-14T13:22:14Z | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2517-9683 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/12556 | |
| dc.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. | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ICOM-CC International council of museums - Committee for Conservation | |
| dc.title | Embrittlement of Black Resin: Discoveries during the Challenging Conservation Treatment of a Chokwe Mukanda Mask | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.subject.frascati | Arts | |
| dc.subject.frascati | History and Archaeology | |
| dc.audience | Scientific | |
| dc.subject.free | Archives and collection management - Conservation Lab | |
| dc.source.title | Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures: Conservation Newsletter | |
| dc.source.volume | 5 | |
| Orfeo.peerreviewed | No | |
| dc.identifier.url | file:///C:/Users/ADePaepe/Downloads/Newsletter%20Objects%20WG%20no%205%20June%202020%20(1).pdf | |
| dc.identifier.rmca | 5861 |
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