Title Care of collections : conservation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander keeping places and cultural centres / edited by Karen Coote

Published Sydney, NSW : Australian Museum, 1998

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W'PONDS	069.5089915 Coo/Coc		AVAILABLE

Description ii, 189 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm Contents Background -- Introduction -- Policy: previous possessions new obligations -- Training -- Ethics & documentation -- The keeping place -- Checklist -- The environment -- Coping with buildings -- Problems with light -- Exhibitions -- Loans -- Storage -- Pest control -- Handling -- Packing & transport -- Mediums -- Bark paintings -- Mounting bark paintings -- Carved & scarred trees -- Canvas & other mediums -- Paper & photos -- Stone -- Various materials: fibres, resins, waxes, hair, seeds, feathers -- Wood Analysis Australian Aborigines - Material culture - Conservation and restoration Ethnological museums and collections - Australia Museum conservation methods Museums - Australian Aborigines Museums - Torres Strait Islanders Torres Strait Islanders - Material culture - Conservation and restoration Notes Title from cover Bibliography Bibliography: pages 173-175 Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation. Art objects -- Conservation and restoration -- Australia. Cultural property -- Protection -- Australia -- Torres Strait. Cultural property -- Protection -- Australia. Ethnological museums and collections -- Australia. Museum conservation methods -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Museum conservation methods -- Australia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Museum conservation methods -- Australia. Museums -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Museums -- Australia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Torres Strait Islanders -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation. Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals. Author Coote, Karen Coote, Karen ISBN 0731315855

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