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

Conference papers and proceedings Physical Description: vi, 154 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 29 cm. CONTENTS Andrew Oddy Foreword М.Е.А. McCord Harold Gowers Memorial Lecture: An Introduction M.D. McLeod Harold Gowers Memorial Lecture 1989 "Where to start, where to stop?" Elizabeth Pye Pottery - What Makes Ceramics Ethnographic? Michael Rowlands The Creolisation of West African Material Culture D. Miller The Value of Mass Consumption Objects The Conservation of Ephemera Discussion on the Conservation of Ephemera: Peter Gathercole (Chair) Cultural Restraints in the Handling of Objects Derek Gilman Museum Responsibilities I Dale Idiens Museum Responsibilities II Discussion on Museum Responsibilities: Peter Gathercole (Chair) Winifred Odder Reorganizing the Collections (Video) eet, Vivien Chapman The Ethnographic Collections at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Alain Godonou A Computerized Conservation Survey Maureen Robson PREMA: Training Programme for African Museums Michael Belcher Passive and Interventive Conservation for a Travelling Exhibition S.M. Bradley The Use of Daylight as the Main Source of Lighting Exhibitions May Cassar The Effect of Light on Ethnographical Material W. Hall Relative Humidity and Temperature Control D.B. Pinniger Ventilation and Humidity Within Museums R.E. Child Insect Pests in Museums; Identification, Prevention and Housekeeping Caroline Allington Harmful Effects of Pesticides on People and Property V.D. Daniels The Extermination of Insect Pests by Freezing Barbara Wills Methods for the Eradication of Insect Pests in Museum Objects Some Methods of Basketry Repair, Using Japanese Tissue Paper and Starch Paste Kerry Head The Conservation of Tree-Ferns, Pith and Cork Christine Daintith A Consolidation Treatment for Ethnographic Pottery from New Guinea D.J. Lee The Technology and Conservation of Lac Ware from the Maldive Islands Carolien Van Es Urushi Techniques and Conservation Richard Ryan Tin Plate and its Treatment List of Contributors The Museum Ethnographers Group iii.…