[NHCOLL-L:3674] Re: South American Headdress Conservation Question

[Del Re, Christine]

I would advise you to contact Jude Southward at the Denver Museum of Natural History or Carl Patterson at the Denver Art Museum before you do anything to your headdress.  After the headdress is looked at, a recommendation on the best course of action can be made.

Chris Del Re 
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Hi Karen,

Check out NPS Conserve-O-Gram Series 5, No. 2 for general instructions on
making a headdress mount.  You'll probably want to adapt it, since it's
written with Plains Indian feather bonnets in mind.  Hopefully it will be
usefu.  Following is the CoG home page address:

http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html

Audrey Barnhart
Audrey L. Barnhart
Curator
Fort Union Trading Post NHS
15550 Hwy 1804
Williston, ND  58801
(701)-572-9083


                                                                                                                                        
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Dear Colleagues,

We have recently received a donation of a South American Headdress.  The
Headdress is a composite of parrot feathers, mammal skin and fur, and bark
(?). The bark forms the band and skull cover on which the fur and feathers
are attached.  It is the skull cover that has snapped, and consequently the
band is becoming distorted and mis-shapened.  The piece will more than
likely be put on display so will need to be stabilized.  My question is:
should I repair the skull cover and if so with what, or should I just pad
out the centre of the piece with tissue paper to stop it from becoming
distorted?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,

Kindest Regards

Karen Lloyd

 (Embedded image moved to file: pic05538.gif)Karen J. Lloyd
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