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"Where to start, where to stop?" : papers from the British Museum / MEG Ethnographic Conservation Colloquium : in memory of Harold Gowers

Title
"Where to start, where to stop?" : papers from the British Museum / MEG Ethnographic Conservation Colloquium : in memory of Harold Gowers / edited by Lewis Hill and Sue Giles.
Author
British Museum/MEG Ethnographic Conservation Colloquium (1989 : Museum of Mankind)
Publication
Hull : Museum Ethnographers' Group, 1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Hill, Lewis, 1935-
  • Giles, Sue.
  • Gowers, Harold, -1989
  • British Museum.
  • Museum Ethnographers' Group (Great Britain)
Description
vi, 154 pages : illustrations, portrait; 29 cm.
Series Statement
MEG occasional paper, 0264-1704 ; no. 4
Uniform Title
  • Occasional papers (Museum Ethnographers' Group (Great Britain)) ; no. 4.
  • Occasional paper (Museum Ethnographers Group ; no. 4.
Subject
  • Museum conservation methods > Congresses
  • Ethnological museums and collections > Congresses
  • Ethnology > Conservation and restoration > Congresses
  • Ethnological museums and collections
  • Museum conservation methods
  • Conservatie
  • Etnografica
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Harold Gowers Memorial Lecture : an introduction / M.E.A. McCord -- Harold Gowers Memorial Lecture 1989 : "Where to start, where to stop?" / M.D. McLeod -- Pottery, what makes ceramics ethnographic? / Elizabeth Pye -- The creolisation of West African material culture / Michael Rowlands -- The value of mass consumption objects / D. Miller -- The conservation of ephemera : discussion / Peter Gathercole, Chair -- Cultural restraints in the handling of objects : museum responsibilities / Derek Gilmann, Dale Idiens -- Discussion on museum responsibilities / Peter Gathercole, Chair -- Reorganizing the collections : video / Winifred Odder -- The ethnographic collections at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery : a computerized conservation survey / Vivien Chapman -- PREMA : training programme for African museums / Alain Godonou -- Passive and interventive conservation for a travelling exhibition / Maureen Robson -- The use of daylight as the main source of lighting exhibitions / Michael Belcher.
  • The effects of light on ethnographical material / S.M. Bradley -- Relative humidity and temperature control / May Cassar -- Ventilation and humidity within museums / W. Hall -- Insect pests in museums : identification, prevention and housekeeping / D.B. Pinniger -- Harmful efects of pesticides on people and property / R.E. Child -- The extermination of insect pests by freezing / Caroline Allington -- Methods for the eradication of insect pests in museum objects / V.D. Daniels -- Some methods of basketry repair using Japanese tissue paper and starch paste / Barbara Wills -- The conservation of tree-ferns, pith and cork / Kerry Head -- A consolidation treatment of ethnographic pottery from New Guinea / Christine Daintith -- The technology and conservation of lac ware from the Maldive Islands / D.J. Lee -- Urushi techniques and conservation / Carolien Van Es -- Tin plate and its treatment / Richard Ryan.
OCLC
  • ocm35831074
  • 35831074
  • SCSB-368225
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library