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Objects Specialty Group Postprints
Volume Twenty-Three, 2016
Edited by Emily Hamilton and Kari Dodson with Laura Lipcsei, Christine Storti, and Leslie Friedman, Program Chairs
Proceedings of the Objects, Objects + Architecture, and Objects + Wooden Artifacts Specialty Group Sessions
May 13‒17, 2016
44th Annual Meeting
Montreal, Canada
PROGRAM CHAIR’S FOREWORD
Laura Lipcsei, OSG Program Chair
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A METHODOLOGY FOR DOCUMENTING PRESERVATION ISSUES AFFECTING CULTURAL HERITAGE IN SYRIA AND IRAQ
LeeAnn Barnes Gordon, Bijan Rouhani, Susan Penacho, and Allison Cuneo
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THE EFFECT OF AN UNEXPECTED SPRING THAW IN MONTREAL: NATURAL DISASTER AS “FIFTH BUSINESS”
Brittany Webster, Anne MacKay, and Alexander Gabov
21
THE RESCUE AND CONSERVATION OF THE LOST SHUL MURAL
Richard L. Kerschner and Constance S. Silver
36
RED FLAMES, SILVER LININGS
Mimi Leveque and Eric Wolin
57
ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN CONSERVATION OF LIVING MONASTIC HERITAGE IN THE TRANS-HIMALAYAN REGION OF LADAKH, INDIA
Satish C. Pandey, Joyoti Roy, and Noor Jahan
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THE TREATMENT AND INSTALLATION OF A MONUMENTAL CEDAR SCULPTURE BY URSULA VON RYDINGSVARD
Emily Hamilton
93
THE STUDY OF BOXWOOD PRAYER BEADS AND MINIATURE ALTARS FROM THE THOMSON COLLECTION AT THE ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO AND THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
Lisa Ellis and Pete Dandridge
108
DECOYS X-RAYED: WHAT VOLUME RAD TOMOSYNTHESIS AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY CONTRIBUTE TO TECHNICAL STUDY
Nancie Ravenel
110
THE AFTERMATH OF MENDS: REMOVING HISTORIC FABRIC TAPE FROM TLINGIT BASKETRY
Caitlin Mahony and Teri Rofkar
125
ENCOUNTERING THE UNEXPECTED IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN LACQUER: TREATING THE DORIS DUKE COLLECTION AT THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM
Stephanie Hulman, Meg Loew Craft, Glenn Gates, Herant P. Khanjian, and Michael R. Schilling
140
LOOKING AT GUILLOCHÉ IN CONSERVATION
Brittany Nicole Cox and David Lindow
162
WHEN IN ROME, DO AS THE ROMANS DO? THE CONSERVATION OF AN ITALIAN MARBLE AND MICROMOSAIC TABLETOP
Elizabeth La Duc
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AN UNEXPECTED SURFACE: RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF A 19TH CENTURY MOUNTED OYSTER SHELL BY FROMENT-MEURICE
Emily Brown
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RESIN AND LAC ADHESIVES IN SOUTHWEST ARCHAEOLOGY AND MICROCHEMICAL TESTS FOR THEIR IDENTIFICATION
Christina Bisulca, Marilen Pool, and Nancy Odegaard
221
CONSERVATION OF JOAN MIRÓ’S BRONZE SCULPTURES AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
Megan Randall, Lynda Zycherman, and Roger Griffith
233
CONSERVATION AND INVESTIGATION OF AN ANCIENT HUMAN BURIAL AT ABYDOS, EGYPT
Lucy Skinner, Corina Rogge, Islam Shaheen, and Salima Ikram
256
FACING THE PAST FOR ACTION IN THE FUTURE: CULTURAL SURVIVAL IN NATIVE AMERICA
Kelly McHugh
278
TIPS SESSION
NO MORE HOLIDAYS: A TIP FOR METAL COATING
Tina Gessler and Steven Pine
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DESICCANT TUBES FOR STORAGE OF UNSTABLE MATERIALS, OR CONFESSIONS OF A MICROCLIMATE DENIER
Dennis Piechota
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TIPS FOR FEATHER FILLS
Fran Ritchie and Julia Sybalsky
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CORE-DRILL SAMPLING WITH THE SHERLINE MILLING MACHINE
Anthony Sigel
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AVOIDING MISTAKES: HOW NOT TO LOSE THINGS
Anthony Sigel