Conservation and Analysis on a Shoestring: Displaying Gut Parkas at the Polar Museum, Cambridge
This paper presents a low-cost conservation project from the Polar Museum, Cambridge, in which two Inuit gut parkas from the museum’s collection were prepared for display and analysed to identify their material components. The project relied on cultivating professional networks and adapting inexpens...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:2a76bbb6bea7422f9057089b57405d29 2023-05-15T16:54:57+02:00 Conservation and Analysis on a Shoestring: Displaying Gut Parkas at the Polar Museum, Cambridge Sophie Rowe Flavia Ravaioli Catherine Tully Megan Narvey 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5334/jcms.157 https://doaj.org/article/2a76bbb6bea7422f9057089b57405d29 EN eng Ubiquity Press https://www.jcms-journal.com/articles/157 https://doaj.org/toc/2049-4572 https://doaj.org/toc/1364-0429 2049-4572 1364-0429 doi:10.5334/jcms.157 https://doaj.org/article/2a76bbb6bea7422f9057089b57405d29 Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies, Vol 16, Iss 1 (2018) object conservation sustainability mount gut parka Inuit protein analysis network Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5334/jcms.157 2022-12-31T14:05:50Z This paper presents a low-cost conservation project from the Polar Museum, Cambridge, in which two Inuit gut parkas from the museum’s collection were prepared for display and analysed to identify their material components. The project relied on cultivating professional networks and adapting inexpensive mounting methods to get maximum value from a very small budget. The parkas were analysed with a range of techniques including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX), attenuated reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and a novel low-cost and non-destructive protein analysis technique to identify species. The results of the analysis are presented along with an explanation of the inexpensive mounting system which was devised to display the parkas as they were originally worn. The advantages and limitations of using a networking approach to analysis are also discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Parka ENVELOPE(17.540,17.540,66.787,66.787) The Polar Museum ENVELOPE(18.963,18.963,69.652,69.652) Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies 16 1 |
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This paper presents a low-cost conservation project from the Polar Museum, Cambridge, in which two Inuit gut parkas from the museum’s collection were prepared for display and analysed to identify their material components. The project relied on cultivating professional networks and adapting inexpensive mounting methods to get maximum value from a very small budget. The parkas were analysed with a range of techniques including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX), attenuated reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and a novel low-cost and non-destructive protein analysis technique to identify species. The results of the analysis are presented along with an explanation of the inexpensive mounting system which was devised to display the parkas as they were originally worn. The advantages and limitations of using a networking approach to analysis are also discussed. |
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Conservation and Analysis on a Shoestring: Displaying Gut Parkas at the Polar Museum, Cambridge |
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Conservation and Analysis on a Shoestring: Displaying Gut Parkas at the Polar Museum, Cambridge |
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Conservation and Analysis on a Shoestring: Displaying Gut Parkas at the Polar Museum, Cambridge |
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