TAA i.2.12a.1.09

Page number
9
Caption
Relevant conservation notes page
Creator
Material
Ink
Paper
Measurements
22.8 cm x 17.8 cm (h x w)
Transcription

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Beadwork No 21s and No 21w

 

A mass of small beadwork. Treated with 

melted paraffin wax.

 

 

Leopards Head <(wood/<plaster> gilt) No 21t (Attached to Garment)
Cloth ornamented with gold stars attached. 

Treated/<Sprayed> with strong solution of celluloid in 

amyl acetate. Afterwards with celluloid in acetone
Gold much tarnished. (This gold
Head disfigured by patches of black pitch-like material 

which had come from some other object. These 

were decomposed raw hide <(from sole of sandal)> & were softened 

and removed by water and a soft brush.
Treated/<Sprayed> with <solution of> celluloid solution in amyl acetate 

to fix loose gilt. Gold of head yellow