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

British Museum/MEG Ethnographic Conservation Colloquium, Lewis Hill, Sue Giles, Harold Gowers, British Museum, Museum Ethnographers' Group (Great Britain)

Published by Museum Ethnographers' Group, Hull, 1995

About this Item

Conference papers and proceedings
Physical Description:
vi, 154 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 29 cm.

CONTENTS

Andrew Oddy

Foreword

?.?.?. 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)

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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.

Seller Inventory # 17cb418

Bibliographic Details

• Title: "Where to start, where to stop?" : papers from the British Museum / MEG Ethnographic Conservation Colloquium : in memory of Harold Gowers
• Publisher: Museum Ethnographers' Group, Hull
• Publication Date: 1995
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Anthropology